Lib-Dems warn of ‘panic’

Apr 24 2008 by Richard Down, Liverpool Daily Post

LIB-DEM leader Cllr Ian Smith believes there is panic in Knowsley, and his party can capitalise on a difficult year for the Labour administration.

He said: “They’re panicking in Knowsley, as you know.

“Top of the agenda is the town centres that have been neglected. The Labour group has to rethink the way it goes about regeneration and take into account what people really want.

“The emphasis in this council in the past has been on out-of-town industrial parks to attract employment, but where they have fallen down is in the infrastructure of town centres.

“If they’re not careful, Kirkby will go the same way as Prescot by splitting the town centre.”

He believes changes are likely in Kirkby and that Lib-Dems will benefit.