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Fury after plans for long-awaited £20m leisure centre shelved

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A veteran Salford councillor has attacked the new Liz Truss Government after expected cuts forced the suspension of a £20m plan to build a new leisure centre.

Coun John Warmisham hit out following the announcement that the long-awaited build of Pendleton Leisure Centre was being shelved.

The decision follows Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng's announcement of a potential £18billion of public spending cuts. The £20million project on the site of a former council estate next to Salford Shopping Precinct has been shelved with the city already facing a £16m shortall in its 2023/24 budget amid soaring energy costs.

Spiralling inflation has also had a hand in the decision, announced following a behind-closed-doors meeting at the city council headquarters this week.

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