A power struggle over the regeneration of Liverpool has broken out in the wake of a poor display by the Liberal Demodrats in last week's local elections. The council's former cabinet member for housing, Lib Dem councillor Richard Kemp, is to challenge his own party's leadership of the council after it clung on to power with the help of a last-minute defection by an independent councillor. The struggle is one of a number of political changes in areas of regeneration across the country after last week's polls (see box). Kemp said he thought the current administration, led by councillor Warren Bradley, had not set out a clear vision for the redevelopment of the city beyond the end of this year's European Capital of Culture celebrations.
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