Crosby Herald du lieu suivant : Crosby, Merseyside, England • 1

SPEAKING UP FOR CROSBY SINCE 1895 See inside See inside services brought disgrace and shame on a national FURORE OVER COUNCIL BOSS appeal by Chief Reporter Thelma Etim A sacked Litherland docker is calling on his employers to return to the negotiating table amid rumours of his union boss his of the stalemate Having survived his third Christmas struggling on benefits Stephen Smith like many of his former colleagues is close to breaking point And claims that Bill Morris general secretary of the Transport and General Worker Union (TGWU) wants nothing more to do with the deadlock is raising alarm among the unemployed men according to Mr Smith The 47-year-old foreman who was given his marching orders along with 328 fellow workers for refusing to cross an unofficial picket line on September 29 1995 is getting desperate are getting out of said the Harrington Road man has gone on too long we have lost our jobs and our Continued on Page 2 are now sensible enough to run a tight ship in Sir Ron Watson added: terms of service delivery they have been a disgrace although policies were only pushed through with help from the Liberal Democrats Labour and Liberal Democrat parties have failed the most vulnerable people in Sefton and brought shame and disgrace to our council on a national scale and people must Lib Dem leader John Pugh said: cannot carry on without the support of the council and to step down would be an honourable thing to Labour were furious at the attacks and accused the other parties of trying to shift the blame Paul Cummins said: do not make decisions alone and two parties must agree for anything to go through I have been chair 96 per cent of items have been passed without any dissent find the criticisms made by Pugh offensive and Labour deputy leader Peter Dowd added: are all responsible and for you to try and scapegoat two members of the Labour Party is Brian Reynolds has been temporarily replaced as education chairman by Labour leader Dave Martin who would not reveal details of the investigations being carried out by Andrew Brown The heads of social services must roll demanded councillors to restore public confidence before increased council tax bills drop through Crosby letterboxes in April The chairman and vice chairman of the social services committee were accused of bringing and disgrace to Sefton on a national at a meeting of the full council on Thursday But Paul Cummins and Bob Waring refused to step down despite losing a vote of confidence The bad tempered night of the long knives also saw Cllr Brian Reynolds removed from his post as chairman of education pending an internal investigation by the Labour Party The demand for Paul Cummins and Bob Waring to resign followed the recent damning report by the Social Services Inspectorate and the Audit Commission Published in October it revealed: council homes for the elderly failing health and safety standards children in care without social workers and elderly people in hospital awaiting care Conservative social services spokesperson Paula Parry led the calls She said: council tax is raised next year we want to be able to assure those paying it we ATTENTION ALL SENIOR CITIZENS PLUS 10 OFF ALL PURCHASES Full Eye Examination £8 optisavers if 63 LIVERPOOL ROAD CROSBY L23 5SJ QUALIFIED TELEPHONE OPTICIANS 0 1 5 1 93 1 4066 CUSTOMER PARKING OPEN ALL DAY SATURDAY.