Skyscraper 'in the wrong place at the wrong time'

A skyscraper at Liverpool's Brunswick Quay would create a "them and us" mentality, a public inquiry heard.

Paul Tucker, a lawyer for Liverpool Council, claimed plans for a 51-storey building on the city's waterfront were in the "wrong place at the wrong time".

Mr Tucker insisted the city should not be seduced by promises of regeneration and investment.
He told the final day of a public inquiry into the development: "It is not lightly that the city seeks to resist a development which would make something of a statement about the future of Liverpool.