A Simmering Row is Beginning to Develop Around the Stadium Development

I have written several times about whether or not the club should build a new stadium or whether indeed Anfield should be redeveloped. I knew that the government would interfere at some point but what I did not know was that they would use it as an excuse to take the heat away from a decision they are trying to overturn. That decision of course is the release of the Hillsborough Disclosure Documents - a subject which I will cover in another article.

It was also done overnight so most of awoke this morning to find newspaper articles stating that the Governments Housing Minister Grant Shapps has written to Ian Ayre about the stadium.  His claim is that it is causing major problems for the residents of the Anfield area.  What of course he doesn't mention is that it is the government causing those problems.

Until the Tories came into power in 2010 there was a government programme called the Housing Market Renewal Initiative.  Liverpool City Council had applied for and won funding through this so that several areas of the city could be re-developed and Anfield was one of those.  Everything was moving along as it should have been and then as the Tories have a habit of doing, the funding was withdrawn and the regeneration plans for the moment have been put aside.