State of City Debate : Cllr Steve Radford calls for:

Halt the demolitions which blight and fragment communities

Communities like Anfield ,Kensington, Edge Hill and Toxteth are being destroyed by decanting and dereliction.

You don't solve poverty by destroying the homes of the poor

Stop moving anti-social families from  one district to just destroy another

Put beef into the tenancy enforcement activities with vigourous local based housing management

Improve council and Housing Association's asset control.

Sell vacant houses too expensive for the council to renovate

Provide independent witnesses against extreme anti-social behavior - stop putting residents in the firing line

Promote Liverpool as one of the cities safest night life centres

Recognise excellent work done in Youth Services and Sports Centres

Make community management bottom up - stop creating artificial borders drafted by officers who don't even live in the city

At the close of the debate Cllr Steve Radford presented The Edge Lane alternative plan to council Leader Warren Bradley stating "you don't have to destroy hundreds of homes to improve Edge Lane stop listening only to the officers, embrace the views of residents"