Liberals thank Daily Telegraph for exposing demolitions in Liverpool
Cllrs Steve Radford, Hazel Williams and Chris Lenton
Liberal Party Councillors
41 Sutton Street
Tuebrook
Liverpool
L13 7EG
0151 259 5935
Mobile 07920090322
Dear Editor
Letter for Publication
May we express our thanks to the Daily Telegraph for exposing the clear waste of public funds by the government Pathfinder project here in Liverpool (Thursday 26th Jan lead article by Charles Clover).
At no time has the council explored ways to use the same level of government funds to renovate the older terraced streets of the city. Even worse for every two homes demolished only one is to be replaced at a later date
Already this is causing depopulation in parts of the city, such as Anfield, causing the council to then close local schools . The impact on local shops and small businesses is also disastrous as their customers are moved out
Even before the selected areas are subject to a compulsory purchase order, the city council hand in glove with housing associations are deliberately running down the agreed areas and emptying them of tenants, creating the very market decline they claim to be tackling.
The CPO is them used to force out of their homes the last remaining owner occupiers
When we in the real Liberal Party ask for alternatives use of funds to renovate these terraced working class communities we are told the council can't force owner occupiers to do up their homes ,so the council needs to force them out of their homes which are dismissed as obsolete.
This is offensive to those of us who believe in that every citizen shall posses Liberty, Property and security. It is also an obscene waste of public funds
Thank you to Charles Clover nd the Daily Telegraph exposing this waste. we believe that out taxes should be directed towards renovating homes not demolishing communities
Cllrs Steve Radford, Hazel Williams and Chris Lenton
Liberal Party Councillors - Liverpool
