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Sir - While hundreds of millions of pounds is spent by the Government demolishing terraced homes in the northern cities, what about the quality of homes built to replace them? The Commission housing built in the past five years is not good enough.

So terraced homes in their thousands are being destroyed when, with a reasonable repairs, the majority would be superior to the new-builds taking their place.

Who benefits? Not the growing numbers of families on waiting lists. Not the home-owners, who are forced out of their homes and can be left £30,000 out of pocket. This profligate waste of taxpayers' money and destruction of housing must be halted.

Cllr Steve Radford, Leader, the Liberal Party, Liverpool