Unesco decision will not stop new developments in Liverpool, city’s mayor says

By Tom Lowe2021-08-02T05:00:00

Source: Sabena Jane Blackbird / Alamy Stock Photo

Joanne Anderson said that regeneration will not be halted for the sake of a ‘heritage label’ after city’s World Heritage Status was revoked

The mayor of Liverpool has said she will not let Unesco’s decision to revoke the city’s world heritage status hold back its redevelopment ambitions.

Joanne Anderson said the city will forge ahead with new developments without being “tied to the conditions of a heritage body with no idea who we are and what we are about”.

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