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MPs come to blows over Everton FC’s Kirkby move

Jul 8 2009

by Rob Merrick, Liverpool Daily Post

 

EVERTON FC’s proposed move to Kirkby triggered an extraordinary spat between warring Labour MPs in the House of Commons chamber.

Rosie Cooper, the West Lancashire MP, condemned the fast-tracking of compulsory purchase orders (CPOs) in the town centre – revealed last week – as “legalised bribery”.

The MP, a long-standing opponent of the £400m project, also urged ministers to step into what she branded a “disastrous scheme”.

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