Demolition row

摘要

A couple of years ago, a consensus formed among Whitehall, local government, business and public opinion that the only thing to do with large areas of urban blight in the North and Midlands was to knock it down and start again. This was expressed in the Sustainable Communities Plan, and became a keystone of Labour policy. Now the reality of demolition has hit home, the consensus has frayed and the politicians are starting to sweat...