The Greater London Council is to build no more houses. That was the taken at a meeting of the GLC last week.
This latest cuts move means that the GLC will commission the building of no more houses, either from its direct labour department(which is to close), or from private contractors. All house bullding is simply to end. It has also been reported that houses falling vacant are no rented but sold on the private market.
Never mind the thousands homeless people living in the capital. Never mind the thousands waiting to get out of the slums in For Lambeth. Never mind the thousands of working class people who've been on the waiting list for a council house for twenty or thirty years.
As far as the GLC are concerned, all these people can just go to hell.
The workers and their families can rot in their rack-rented bed-sits. They photo: G.M. COOKSON [Soclalist Challenge council estates.
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GLC's development known can make do with their rat-infested The overworked town. mothers should get some valium and stop moanine, Ine old-age pensioners housing can stay in the tower blocks. They're the members of the GLC who took the decision live in Hampstead, St Johns Wood, or estates in Surrey. They can get a hot swim in the back garden. Their old folks don't die of hypothermia. Their Their children don't play on balconies; They have nannies and go to the local pony club. belong.
The GLC's decision is yet another step towards the disappearance of classes. This of course is a well known will also encourage those people who show a bit of initiative. The 250 sites once earmarked by the GLC for housing will now sold that this is one of the most penthouse flats, people who've already got one in the country and want a weekend pad in According to Labour's London spokesperson, • Dimson, there are already offshore consortiums looking for the sites in Kensington, and Chelsea, Westminster, Islington and Camden.
This means that sites set aside to house teachers, bus drivers, hospital porters and refuse collectors will now be used for luxury homes. Still hospital porters and dustbin men accustomed to rubbish. Let them stay amongst the garbage where The GLC's decision will save a lot of taxpayers' money. It will cut out thousand jobs save million. George Tremlett was justly proud of his decision.. 'We're ahead the Government in programme' he said.
He's setting a good example, and he predicts that councils in other parts of the country will soon be following