30-year Rule and Official Documents
At the end of 2011, the release of confidential documents under the UK Government's 30-year rule revealed Hoskyn's thoughts regarding the Liverpool Riots. He saw little point in spending more money on Liverpool saying "this money is likely to be money wasted".
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