The financial crisis of local authorities is spiralling out of control as they struggle to cope with the coronavirus pandemic. The government has conceded an extra £1.6 billion but this is completely insufficient to cover the costs of all the extra work they face. Coming after ten years of austerity councils mirror the weakness of … Continue reading Campaign to cancel local authority debt
Letter from our campaign to the new Labour leadership
To Keir Starmer Angela Rayner Thangam Debbonaire From the Labour Campaign for Council Housing April 8th 2020 Dear Keir/Angela/Thangam On behalf of the Labour Campaign for Council Housing congratulations on winning the Labour Party leadership/deputy leadership election and Thangam's appointment to Shadow Housing Minister. We are asking for a commitment from the new leadership to … Continue reading Letter from our campaign to the new Labour leadership
