Clegg hits back at 'megaphone' cuts letter signed by Minns

Nick Clegg has accused nearly 90 senior Liberal Democrats of conducting a "megaphone" debate by publicly declaring their opposition to the coalition government's cuts.

Hull City Council leader Carl Minns and East Riding Lib Dem group leader Brian Jefferies both put their names to the letter published in yesterday's Times newspaper.

It accused the government of being too harsh and fast in local authority cuts and said services for the vulnerable were at risk.

The Deputy Prime Minister and Lib Dem leader said he recognised the difficulties facing some councils.

But he added: "I don't believe that conducting a megaphone debate through the letters pages of newspapers is the way to deal with it."

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