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The Great London Clearances: Decision Time – Joan Twelves
https://joantwelves.wordpress.com/2016/04/27/decision-time
Joan's occasional rants and musings. The Great London Clearances: Decision Time. April 27, 2016. June 2, 2016. The House of Lords’ Amendments to the Housing Bill. S the perversion of democracy in this country that the fate of working class homes is now in the hand of unelected peers and bishops. Of the three days of report so far, some major amendments have already been passed by the Lords, defeating the Government by substantial majorities. Faced with the prospect of further defeats, the Government ...
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The End of Public Housing? Kill the Housing Bill! – Joan Twelves
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Joan's occasional rants and musings. The End of Public Housing? Kill the Housing Bill! December 31, 2015. August 25, 2016. The Housing and Planning Bill will spell the end of public housing in this country. It is easily forgotten that council housing more usually now known as social housing to include housing association homes was one of the pillars of the post-war Welfare State. And it is being destroyed. Along with scores of working class communities up and down the country, with London hardest hit.