Once a decade, whichever party is in power, its leader
notices that life on council estates isn’t quite the same as in – say –
Chipping Norton. Then they make some noise about sprucing them up a bit. Perhaps the Prime Minister or an adviser saw an estate
looking shabby from the train into Paddington station, or maybe in the run-up
to last year’s general election they visited one briefly to canvass votes. The
PM is to deliver just such a speech having noted that some of the 2011 rioters,
apparently lived on estates and promising a paltry £140 million for a spruce
up. Given this is to be split across 100 estates, that should allow for a few
repainted front doors and giant wheelie bins then. The idea that some estates
can be demolished and others rebuilt out of such a miserly sum is simply
risible. Read more on the Independent website.
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