The Highfields taskforce was launched in February 1986 but there have been allegations that it was a stunt to buy votes in what was then the most marginal Conservative seat in the country. We see views of Highfields in Leicester including renovation work on Victorian terraced housing. Exterior of Taskforce office on Egginton Street. Interview with the leader of Leicester City Council, Peter Soulsby about the claims. He describes the taskforce as the laughing stock of Leicester. John Mitchell piece to camera reporting that a quarter of the original one million pounds has been spent. Brief shots of projects that have benefited - a building on Cedar Road where a textile arts centre is planned and a mini bus provided for the Highfields Workshop project.
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