Letters to the Editor - 22 February 2007  Daily Post and Liverpool Echo

Is this value? IN A response to my colleague Griff Parry, Liverpool city council has advised it intends to spend another £17m to purchase and CPO the 134 houses outside their control in Edge Lane.  Can anyone believe this is value for money? £17m to do no more than create a building plot at tax-payers’ expense. Even more to the point, where does the money go? At a report at the council housing committee, an analysis shows that a not insignificant number of families bought out actually leave the city. Without doubt, many of the small businesses close and never return. The demolition and destruction is great for the profits of a few national builders, but does little for the people of this city. Cllr Steve Radford, Leader of The Liberal Party Group