Michael Heseltine described the little known list that would contribute massively to the city's regeneration in the 1980s
At the time of Michael Heseltine’s groundbreaking It Took A Riot memo, 55,000 people were out of work with prospects for improvement looking bleak in 1981. Industry and commerce were not the only areas struggling, with thousands of homes not fit for purpose.
Recalling his first visit as a minister to the city, he said: “There was no escape. I spent three weeks walking the streets, talking and listening. The former Deputy Prime Minister, who resigned from government in 1986, said how he would be driven round in his government car asking “what’s that, why’s that building empty? What can we do with it?” He added how it was “blooming difficult to come up with the list.
Despite initially being met with suspicion by leaders of Liverpool Council, Mr Heseltine said how politics had a way of “pulling all sorts of people together in unpredictable ways.” Reflecting on his work in the city, the former cabinet minister praised Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram for his ongoing commitment to clean up the River Mersey.
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