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Evening Post

LANCASHIRE

lep.co.uk THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2009 42p

INSIDE

Loans fiasco
hits UCLan
students
Starts Page 19

Why classics
are booming

Lancashire’s top car


showroom starts Page 23

SHOW US
KEEPING QUIET: Manchester chief executive Sir Howard Bernstein (left) refused to comment while leader Richard Leese (right) said it was ‘confidential’

Save
Museum
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THE MONEY
Manchester, where’s the £8m coming from to grab our Museum?
MANCHESTER leaders by Chris Visser “Until we are there (with a deci-
sion), details will remain confidential.
interview to the Evening Post. He pre-
viously told a meeting at Manchester
have come under increased chris.visser@lep.co.uk
I’m not saying more than what I’ve Town Hall last week: “We’re confi-
pressure to reveal where they said. dent that if a decision goes forward in
Coun Ken Hudson has pointed the fin-
will find the £8m needed to ger at the museum’s chairman of “I personally do not feel we are in- a positive way then we would bring
back a very positive report next month
relocate the National Foot- trustees Paul Dermody for postpon- volved in a battle as we were ap-
which would explain the detail with
proached.
ball Museum from Preston. ing last Friday’s crunch meeting, ac- the funding package.”
cusing him of being “hell-bent” on “At the time, when we put forward Official council documents submit-
The city council’s leader Sir moving it to Manchester. our proposal, the museum was clos-
Richard Leese said funding details ted to Manchester politicians last week
Manchester Council’s leader Sir ing at the end of the year and we were said that the Northwest Development
would “remain confidential” while Richard said of the £8m needed: “We the only offer on the table and we put Agency was “indicating a substantial
its chief executive Sir Howard know we can find it – we have been forward a proposal to save the muse- contribution for the right proposal”
Bernstein was keeping quiet on the asked to put forward a proposal and um and keep it in the North West.” although this has since been dismissed
matter. we can meet our obligation to this pro- The authority’s chief executive, Sir
Meanwhile, Preston Council leader posal. Howard Bernstein, refused to give an ● Turn to Page 5

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