They say there must be a complete master plan ... the slum and gives it a new lease of life when it is about to die a natural death. He favors rehabilitation only if every third house is torn ...

Both Leicester Civic Society and the city’s Conservation Advisory Panel objected to the plan, saying the slum house was a “rare” remaining example of this type of home in the city.

The situation was similar in many other large UK cities. Plans were proposed in the 1950s to clear the slums and re-house people in modern high-rise blocks, purpose-built estates on the outskirts ...