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Naming Merseyside authority is a 'pig's breakfast'

The Merseyside councils are making a ‘pig’s breakfast’ of choosing a name and leader for their combined authorities, according Liverpool councillor Richard Kemp.

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By Heather Jameson | 18 February 2014

 The Merseyside councils are making a ‘pig's breakfast' of choosing a name and leader for their combined authorities, according Liverpool councillor Richard Kemp. 

Now Whitehall mandarins have stepped in and called it the Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, St Helens, Sefton and Wirral Combined Authority. 

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