£29m saving needed to stop 2008 crisis
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Cllr Bradley said he was fed up with “scaremongering” which he claimed did nothing but damage Liverpool’s image.
He said: “What a lot of rubbish. We’ve given an assurance we will deliver Capital of Culture and won’t go back on that .
“We will find the savings as we have year on year on year.
“There’s nothing being hidden here. We will deliver our forward strategy in June which will deal with the £29.4m that we’ve got to find next year.”
Cllr Bradley said the city was looking at brownfield sites which could generate lucrative revenue. One has been identified in Garston.
Other potential ideas include borrowing a proportion of the money, to be repaid over several years.
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But Cllr Bradley said selling buildings and leasing them back was ruled out.
catherinejones@liverpoolecho.co.uk
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