Liverpool City Council was the flagship Liberal Democrat local authority for ten years. Here Kiron Reid writes about how the first major city the Lib Dems ran went from being the urban success story of a decade to perceived political turmoil. The successes and failures. This pamphlet may be useful for other Lib Dems as well as those concerned with urban regeneration and local government improvement generally to see how such a promising administration could go wrong and what they did right as well! Kiron Reid was councillor for inner city ward Anfield from 1998 - 2007 and assistant to the Leader of Liverpool City Council. A short article in Liberator 326, June 2008, summarised my account. (Printed as 'Misery on the Mersey' pp. 14 - 15). http://www.liberator.org.uk/media/lib-0608.pdf This full article was written in April & May 2008, with a few later corrections. It has not been updated. It is a personal account by Kiron Reid and does not reflect anyone else's views.
Follow the party's activity on...