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£260M INVESTMENT: We know that Liverpool Football Club have quoted a figure of £150m to expand the stadium on two sides, is that really investment in the area or is it simply PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN A PRIVATE BUSINESS for increased PRIVATE PROFIT? We suggest that it's the latter. As for the remaining £110m, a lot of figures have been quoted in the media:
• Cllr Annie O'Byrne said £6m,
• Mayor Joe Anderson said £20m - £30m
• Kathy Cowell of Your housing said £10m - £20m

We calculate a combined “maximum” pledged investment of £50m - £56m, which includes the £6m Cllr Annie O'Byrne quoted (surely this is included in the Mayors pledge?), leaving a shortfall of £54m - £60m?

• Where has the PLEDGED investment money come from?
• Who will fund the £54m - £60m shortfall?

Liverpool City Council Budget 2013-14 - Liverpool City Council faces more tough decisions as they put together the budget for 2013-14. They have to find £32 million of savings and that’s on top of the £141 million worth of cuts made over the last two years. In fact, over the next four years, they have to find a further £149million of savings from a total spend of £480m – a huge challenge. The Council state that they will be doing all they can to make these savings through improving processes, stamping out inefficiencies, reorganising staff, using their buying power to get better deals, and bringing in more income.

The budget approved for 2013-2014 includes increasing council tax by 1.75 per cent, some of which will be used for a hardship fund for the most vulnerable. The city council have agreed to consult on the future of libraries and review the operation of two loss making golf courses, two homeless hostels, payment for sheltered housing wardens and the youth service budget.

Message from Joe:
http://liverpool.gov.uk/mayor/about-themayor/
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We are facing some incredibly tough choices due to the Government's austerity measures. More than 80 pence in every pound of our funding is controlled by Whitehall, and over the lifetime of the Parliament we are losing 52 per cent.
This means that, on top of the £141million we have been forced to cut over the last two years, we now need to find £149 million more over the next four. In doing so, we’re going to face some

extremely difficult decisions. I will do what I can to support the most vulnerable people in our city. But in doing so, we’re going to be forced to do things we don’t want to do. My promise to you is that, in making these decisions, we will priorities the most vulnerable people in our communities and do what we can to protect them. We will use the massively reduced resources to continue to help those most in need. And we will do so whilst keeping our city a vibrant, attractive place where people want to come and live and work.

I passionately believe that our challenges are dwarfed by the opportunities. My vision of Liverpool is of a modern, ambitious city with a bright, bold future. A city which captures peoples imagination and stays in people’s hearts. I believe this vision is within our grasp. And I will do what I can, despite the difficult times we face, to continue moving Liverpool forwards.

Mayor Anderson - Finch Farm: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRv4W2bz4wo

Once again, the residents of
Anfield's Promised Land ASK:

• Where has the PLEDGED £110m investment money come from?

• Who will fund the £54m - £60m Anfield Project shortfall?

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1. LFC need land and over the last decade or so they've been buying as much as possible. They have added to the dereliction and abandoned look of the area by keeping scores of their properties unoccupied, boarded up and ill maintained. Over the years, LFC bought up a number of properties on both sides of Lothair Road (not just immediately behind the main stand) – but they were left to fall into decay and dereliction. The road became the target of vandals and arsonists, with 16 (not 14) separate fires in the properties over six years, causing misery to the few residents who remained. LFC land - banking dates back to David Moores' time at the club, it was adopted by H&G and until recently still existed under FSG. Someone at LFC took the decision to do this and until recently they continued to do it. LFC and FSG know how to play the "media" game - with sound bites and PR men neatly avoiding the fact that for many years they have been land-banking properties in the area therefore they played a part in creating or at least adding to the blighted problem.

2. Arena Housing (Your Housing) who are Registered Social Landlords (RSL) with a Corporate Social Responsibility, own possibly the largest number of empty properties in Lothair Road . 2a. Why is a government funded housing association with a corporate social responsibility charter - allowed to actually negate that responsibility by boarding up and neglecting their properties over a very long period of time? Arena have in the recent past, said that they won't spend money fixing their properties because LFC might want to demolish them! 2b. Has that been Arena's policy for the past 10 - 15 years? 2c. How can Liverpool football club's indecision dictate a government funded housing association's policy?

3. Liverpool City Council own properties in Lothair Road but beyond that, they hold immense power when it comes to procedures for dealing with long term empty properties. These procedures enable the council to force owners to think about the long term future of their EMPTY properties and to bring them back into use - yet not one (as far as I am aware) of these many blighted properties which are an eyesore and have had a negative effect on the neighbourhood and its residents, has had such measures implemented upon it.

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Once again, the residents of Anfield's Promised Land ASK:

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