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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Wesley Holmes

Angry pensioners protest through Liverpool city centre

A group of pensioners armed with placards and flags marched from Liverpool waterfront to the Town Hall.

Members of the Merseyside Pensioners Association gathered outside the Cunard Building yesterday, November 23, after Liverpool City Council announced "horrific" budget cuts of £73m - taking the city's overall losses to more than half a billion pounds since 2010.

They also protested the appointment of Conservative government commissioners, who were given powers to "amend" the council's budget plans after taking over the authority's finance and government decisions in October.

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