Traders and council clash over future of St Johns Market in fiery Town Hall meeting

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St Johns Market

St Johns Market has been closed since March and emotions are running high

Traders and councillors clashed over the controversial shuttering of St Johns Market in a highly charged session at Liverpool Town Hall. More than two months on from the doors being locked at the city centre market hall, fiery clashes were on show as the future of the site was the subject of an intense debate. Last Autumn, the city council said it would seek to recover three years’ worth of debt from the traders that occupied the market.

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