It was moved by Councillor P. Dowd, seconded by Councillor Maher:
"That the Council recognises the concerns expressed in a letter to The Times Newspaper of 10 February 2011, by 91 Liberal Democrat Council Group Leaders, that the Coalition Government's frontloading of their cuts to local government are too big and are proceeding too quickly. The Council also recognises that the Government should deploy all its efforts to help Councils minimise the impact on vulnerable communities and frontline services.
Furthermore, the Council would wish to discuss with the Secretary of State how it could take on the difficult challenges shared by all levels of government and would prefer to do this through dialogue. Therefore, the Council requests that the three MPs for Sefton assist in organising a tripartite meeting with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, the three Party Leaders and the MPs themselves."
An amendment was then moved by Councillor Robertson and seconded by Councillor Parry that the motion be amended by:
the insertion of the text “in the Borough of Sefton” after the words “tripartite meeting” in the second paragraph of the motion.
Councillor P. Dowd indicated that he would accept the amendment.
On a show of hands, the Revised Motion was carried and it was
RESOLVED: That
That the Council recognises the concerns expressed in a letter to The Times Newspaper of 10 February 2011, by 91 Liberal Democrat Council Group Leaders, that the Coalition Government's frontloading of their cuts to local government are too big and are proceeding too quickly. The Council also recognises that the Government should deploy all its efforts to help Councils minimise the impact on vulnerable communities and frontline services.
Furthermore, the Council would wish to discuss with the Secretary of State how it could take on the difficult challenges shared by all levels of government and would prefer to do this through dialogue. Therefore, the Council requests that the three MPs for Sefton assist in organising a tripartite meeting in the Borough of Sefton with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, the three Party Leaders and the MPs themselves.