Where has the money gone?
Jul 8 2006
ENDING our week of coverage marking the 25th anniversary of the Toxteth riots, City Editor Larry Neild offers a personal perspective on the efforts to regenerate the area
Daily Post



SINCE the Toxteth Riots of 1981 more than £400m has been poured into the Liverpool 8 area in regeneration and renewal schemes.



In real terms, that would equate to the amount of money Grosvenor is investing in the heart of the city centre, creating 1.5m square feet of shops, leisure facilities, hotels, parkland, designed by some of the world's leading architects.

It poses the question: "Has Toxteth been short changed?"

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