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    MrWW wrote:
    In a few years time Liverpool will have its second cruise liner terminal as part of the multi billion pound liverpool waters development. Look at what liverpool has done over the last few years , they have actually moved their city center to the waterfront as part of the liverpool one development becoming one of the countries top shopping destinations , they have become one of the top 3 tourist spots in the country , their docklands have been redeveloped with new museams welcoming millions of visitors. Today they signed a 200million pound deal with chinese investors to develop the opposite bank of the mersey, the liverpool 2 development will revolutionise their working docks. What has southhampton done in the same time, made a few jokes about hub caps and and had a bit of a whine. Talk about a self pity city.
    Grow up. You're talking about what Liverpool is going to do in a few years well in a few years Ocean Village will be completed with a £50m waterfront development. Mayflower Park will top that with its redevelopment that will make the Southampton boat show the best in the country...the redevelopment of the Station will be made into a business hub with links to the already expansive parks in the city.
    ABP signed a £150m improvement to the docks so that Southampton will be able to receive the most lucrative and biggest container ships from the far East and Asia to distibute across Europe.
    Talk about MrWW not really knowing what he's talking about...Liverpool is not that pretty and needs to stop living in the past."
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Liverpool told to pay back cash in cruise row with Southampton

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MINISTERS have this morning announced how much public cash Liverpool will have to repay to muscle in on Southampton’s cruise industry.

Shipping Minister Mike Penning has said a one-off payment of £8.8m, or £12.6m spread over 15 years, would be sufficient for restrictions to be lifted.

The Merseysiders had offered to pay back just £5.5m of the £9.2m grants.

Mr Penning told MPs: “In my view this represents a fair outcome that addresses competition concerns while enhancing the benefits to secure which the grants were initially paid.”

The statement will anger some in the Southampton camp by offering the chance to spread payments until 2027. And it makes no reference to a separate EU grant of around £8.6 million, which Liverpool has not offered to repay.

Final removal of the conditions will depend on state aid clearance from the European Commission, although Liverpool plans to restart cruises from its terminal within weeks

Reacting to the announcement, Southampton Itchen MP John Denham, said: “The Minister’s decision to require Liverpool to pay back more of the public subsidy on their cruise terminal vindicates the campaign that I and many organisations in the city have been running. It shows we were right to raise concerns that fair competition was being undermined.

“However, Liverpool is still only being asked to pay back less than half the subsidy they have received. It’s now down to the European Union to ensure that State Aid rules are fairly applied.”

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