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Mersey upbeat
5-year blueprint to drive city revival Jul 1 2004
By Andy Kelly Daily Post Staff
RADICAL plans for the future of Liverpool were unveiled in the city last night.
In a keynote speech, council leader Mike Storey (left) pledged a series of major changes, including on-the-spot fines for dropping litter and 500 new street wardens to tackle anti-social behaviour.
His announcement comes as the Duke of Westminster's Grosvenor company prepares to start its £800m redevelopment of the city centre next week.
Cllr Storey told a packed town hall the past 12 months had been a remarkable year for Liverpool. This, he added, followed a five-year period of unparalleled growth for the city.
But Cllr Storey said the next five years would, if anything, be "even more difficult".
During his speech, at the council's annual dinner following the city's mayor-making ceremony, Cllr Storey pledged to:
* create 10,000 new jobs aimed at the most deprived areas of Liverpool;
* urge Merseyside Police to introduce a dedicated local officer to every local area;
* increase the city's population to 500,000 again (currently around 438,000);
* end the city's North/South divide by tackling the problems of north Liverpool;
* introduce on-the-spot fines for dropping litter;
* recruit 500 new street wardens to tackle anti-social behaviour.
Labour leader Cllr Joe Anderson last night said the policies were "more of a wish list than a manifesto" and demanded to know how the policies would be paid for without council tax rises.
He added that, where Cllr Storey was concerned, it was a case of the "emperor having no clothes."
By Andy Kelly Daily Post Staff
RADICAL plans for the future of Liverpool were unveiled in the city last night.
In a keynote speech, council leader Mike Storey (left) pledged a series of major changes, including on-the-spot fines for dropping litter and 500 new street wardens to tackle anti-social behaviour.
His announcement comes as the Duke of Westminster's Grosvenor company prepares to start its £800m redevelopment of the city centre next week.
Cllr Storey told a packed town hall the past 12 months had been a remarkable year for Liverpool. This, he added, followed a five-year period of unparalleled growth for the city.
But Cllr Storey said the next five years would, if anything, be "even more difficult".
During his speech, at the council's annual dinner following the city's mayor-making ceremony, Cllr Storey pledged to:
* create 10,000 new jobs aimed at the most deprived areas of Liverpool;
* urge Merseyside Police to introduce a dedicated local officer to every local area;
* increase the city's population to 500,000 again (currently around 438,000);
* end the city's North/South divide by tackling the problems of north Liverpool;
* introduce on-the-spot fines for dropping litter;
* recruit 500 new street wardens to tackle anti-social behaviour.
Labour leader Cllr Joe Anderson last night said the policies were "more of a wish list than a manifesto" and demanded to know how the policies would be paid for without council tax rises.
He added that, where Cllr Storey was concerned, it was a case of the "emperor having no clothes."
