400 Homes Demolished, 230 Built: Blackpool's 'Mass Dispersion' Plan

Up to 400 homes in Blackpool will be demolished this summer under a £90 million government regeneration plan. It will provide only 230 replacement properties. The plan will force hundreds of families to leave one of England's poorest areas. Official documents show more than 800 people live there, including about 250 children. Most are in the poorest 10% of the country's population. Critics call the project a "mass dispersion" of vulnerable people. The UK government, led by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, has approved the proposals. The project is part of its "levelling up" policy to improve regions.