IMGpapers 1976–79

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1976–79

This is Labour's Stechford

Red Weekly No. 192, 24 March 1977 · p. 6 of the scan · 460 words

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page 6 of the scan

At his Friday, management issue in the Stechford by-election was housing.

There are good reasons for Tory-controlled Last year Birmingham was allocated million council to buy houses and issue freehold loans. Next year notaric to be minion. cortne first time there is to be a ceiling money 18v8180 e improvement loans. * This is most definitely the area in which former Birmingham Labour Party leader Sir Frank Price lives. Sir Frank is still a member Labour Party's Town and rianning Sub-Committee, contribution gramme for 1976 said, ine Property boom burst a tew small fortunes were made out of ceveiooments WHICH without adequate attenton being paid to une aisruption involved for oratnary The housing solved. Many people in Stechford are owner occupiers who suffer mortgage payments, often who charge THREEN exorbitant interest rate of thinnun to as nor cont press conference last working people in Stechford to council is a cynical attempt to Labour and Leyland be angry about their housing Terry Davis, said that the major local to try to blame, as he did last Friday, the lack of repairs and lack of redevelopment on the original Labour Party were and redevelop 70,000 houses in Birmingham. scrapped, national policies of Labour and the local policies of the Tories. plans to declare two not people' Sir Frank should certainly know something about property business. in une local 1960s he teamed up Tory Heater. Neville bosworn whose to go into property development pro- nimselt. ney formed a London 'Before based company.

cen [Midlands Ltd 1967 became Birmingham Mid.

wentanes investments.

prospered and in 1968, and Bosworth formed a subsid. iary company. ing class leaseholders mortgage holders to organise a crippling rate and interest payment strike to in repty to exploitation an the fringe banks and the investany- STrIKe ine shift the responsibility from the conditions. But for Terry Davis Labour Government.

The national cuts policies of the Labour Government have been endorsed and Birmingham carried out by the local Tories. plans of the General morovement Areas In to improve Washwood Heath area have that has now poned. thanks to the ano retail also been slashed. 19/ ine companies.

Which Price was chairman, were taken over by the large specuTaTe TaTOrS Guardian Properties, in which Sir Frank director Shares increased from 25p to 173p, making a tidy profit a concerned.

Abmore Mar- company finally went bust. But which Price estate agents Business Stevens and a director in several Price other companies Comprehensive Associates.

R.T.P crisis can be campaign by all exploited work- ship, under control of the local and action campaign would then give a real impetus for the long-neid Labour Party: for the taking into building public ownership of the build ind societies and for the nationHealth steward backs Heron

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