Three Liverpool opposition groups will come together to oppose the Labour group's budget plans in the first significant sign of a collaboration against the city's ruling party.
Labour and its leader Mayor Joanne Anderson will present its budget plans for the financial year at a full council meeting on March 1. Today the cabinet will sign off on those budget plans which row back on some of the tougher cuts that were first proposed last year.
But while a number of crucial services have been saved - including the benefits maximisation team - the budget plan will still see millions of pounds of discretionary payments for the most vulnerable cut.
