Archive for September, 2008
BIRMINGHAM COUNCIL BURIES ITS HEAD OVER CHILD POVERTY
The campaign group END CHILD POVERTY are holding a massive demonstration in London. On Saturday 4th October 2008 thousands of young people, families and supporters of the campaign from cross the country will be coming together in London’s Trafalgar Square to demand the government keep their promise to end child poverty. But while people from more than [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )JUSTICE NOT CRISIS ACCEPTS YOUR CHALLENGE COUNCILLOR LINES
Councillor Lines emailed JUSTICE NOT CRISIS and stated he wanted a real debate.
WE ACCEPT
On Saturday 27th September we sent councillor Lines the following email:
Sir
In your email to JUSTICE NOT CRISIS on the 14th September you wrote “Come from under your stone and we’ll have a real debate”.
We accept your offer of a debate on this most [...]
HYPOCRITICAL TORIES AT IT AGAIN
At the full council meeting held on Tuesday 9th September, the Lord Mayor presented cabinet member for housing, councillor John Lines, with two awards for housing projects in Birmingham.
Lines received the awards and then turned, faced the assembled members with arms aloft, as if showing the F. A. Cup at Wembly, to rapturous cheers from Tory and Lib [...]
COUNCIL BLACKMAIL HOUSING ASSOCIATIONS INTO SILENCE
COUNCIL BLOCK £100M SOCIAL HOUSING GRANT
AND SO STOP 2,000 NEW HOMES FOR SOCIAL RENT
On Wednesday 10th September The Birmingham Evening Mail published a joint letter from the cabinet member for housing, councillor John Lines and the chair of Birmingham Social Housing Partnership Tim Sewell. Yet again councillor Lines cleverly sidesteps the issue of the £100m [...]
DEMO RAINED OFF
The planned demonstration outside the council house today was cancelled due to the heavy rain and the forcast of more to come.
We managed to let most people know of the cancellation but if you turned up we’re sorry for a wasted journey.
More action is planned in the coming weeks so please keep in touch via [...]
CABINET MEMBER FOR HOUSING MISLEADS ONCE AGAIN
Cllr Lines, Conservative Cabinet member Housing, continues his now regular habit of only reporting half the story! Today’s (3rd September 2008) Birmingham Mail quotes him as saying ” We work very closely with Housing Associations, to provide good quality homes for the people of Birmingham”
The Chair of Birmingham Social Housing Partnership Tim Sewell also quotes “We are [...]
ROOF TOP DEMO GAINS “JUSTICE NOT CRISIS” MORE SUPPORT
JUSTICE NOT CRISIS held a roof top protest on Monday 1st September to highlight the councils refusal to work with the housing associations and use the governments £100m grant to build 2,000 new homes for social rent.
The demonstrtion took place on the side of the Town Hall where campaigners held a banner with the slogan
£100M AVAILABLE 30,000 [...]
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