Grant Shapps' heart-warming Christmas commitment to save Ringo Starr's old house from the bulldozers actually runs deeper than anyone thought. On New Years' Eve the housing minister issued a festive statement to let "the people of Liverpool themselves decide whether they want Ringo Starr's house to be demolished or to Let It Be." However, what he failed to mention was the regeneration project that would require the house to be demolished relied heavily on the housing market renewal Pathfinder fund, which was scrapped in May. Clearly Shapps is using every trick in the book to keep the Beatle's house standing.
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