PM targets sink estates for demolition

15th January 2016

Nearly a hundred of the UK’s worst sink estates could be bulldozed to make way for better homes as part of a “blitz” on poverty unveiled by David Cameron. The prime minister pledged that “brutal high-rise towers” and “bleak” housing will be torn down in an effort to tackle drug abuse and gang culture. In a keynote speech, Mr Cameron will make a link with the 2011 riots, claiming three out of four rioters came from sink estates. The £140m redevelopment programme is to be overseen by Michael Heseltine. His estate regeneration advisory panel has been told to produce a full blueprint by the time of the chancellor’s autumn statement.

The Times (10/01/2016)