The Olympics and social cleansing
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In 2010 David Cameron claimed he wanted “the Olympics legacy [to] lift East London from being one of the poorest parts of the country to one that shares fully in the capital’s growth and prosperity.”
Housing
A socialist programme for housing
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The Tory attack on the welfare state is ideological, it is not about tackling debt. In housing this is combined with sheer greed.
Expelling London's poor
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The local council of Newham, east London (the main site of the 2012 Olympic Games), has written to a housing association in Stoke-on-Trent (160 miles away) in an attempt to re-house 500 families.
Fight Tory populism
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On 23 January, the House of Lords voted to exempt child benefit payments from a government proposed £26,000 annual cap on household benefits.
80% of homes unaffordable by 2016
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In London, the Government’s cap on Housing Benefit payments means social cleansing, akin in its severity to the Highland Clearances.
Tory benefit cuts could mean a million evictions
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Gradually, and in large steps, the Housing Benefit changes introduced by the coalition government are making big areas of Britain’s cities unaffordable for all but the well-off.
Lambeth meeting against rent rises and privatisation
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Date:
13 March, 2008 - 18:30
Location:
Assembly Halls, Lambeth Town Hall, Brixton
Description:
A public meeting for tenants and trade unionists supported by Lambeth Unison and Lambeth Defend Council Housing.
LRC seminar on social housing in London
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Date:
5 June, 2006 - 21:00 - 23:00
Location:
Committee Room 12, House of Commons, London SW1
Location:
Committee Room 12, House of Commons, London SW1
Committee Room 12, House of Commons, London SW1
Defend Council Housing committee meeting
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Date:
11 March, 2006 - 13:00
Location:
United Services Club, Gough St, Birmingham
Lobby Parliament for "fourth option" on council housing
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Date:
8 February, 2006 - 12:00
Location:
Central Hall, Westminster
Description:
Called by Defend Council Housing and sponsored by UCATT, TGWU, Amicus, Unison, GMB
Called by Defend Council Housing and sponsored by UCATT, TGWU, Amicus, Unison, GMB