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The mayor has set his intentions clear that targets of 35-50% affordable have to be met and we have a Labour council who also should take note that at Party Conference, Corbyn made it clear that residents should have a full say in regeneration and be taken notice of. Ok so this is a retail space, but there still needs to be pressure put on developers using the 'viability' argument to get out of building the kind of housing the area needs most. There are thousands of households on the council waiting list in this borough and I wonder how many are being currently housed in temporary B&B. Of new builds, year on year, net figures show that market rate private property has become the main type of building while homes for social rent have steadily declined (and gone into negative figures over the last two years) since this Labour council took over. There are FOI figures that illustrate this point and those figures should be used to demonstrate to the planning committee that any home building without a meaningful percentage of social homes should be rejected.

Poch is right. Polls consistently now show no more than 20% support a hard brexit. This does not surprise me though, when only one third of the available electorate voted leave. We will never know how the third that did not vote would have voted of course. And yes, TM did fight her election on brexit, expecting a landside. It did not happen because Parliamentary elections are still fought along party lines in the main. Cameron made the same mistake in thinking that UKIP success in MEP elections would translate into gains in a domestic Parliamentary election at the Tories expense. The referendum will go down as the biggest mistake ever made for political expediancy by any party in history. What really annoys me though, is how some think the governments we elect fair and square, should consult us on the things they don't like. We can't have it both ways. Either we trust those we elect to make decisions on our behalf, or we have a referendum every time government wants to introduce a new bill, sign a treaty or trade deal - ridiculous. If we don't like a government, we get to change our minds every 5 years, and parties always break manifesto promises. I could list tons of broken promises by both main parties over the decades. We don't see a lot of what is involved in running an economy from our armchairs. It is complex stuff. The fact is that we can not just 'walk away' from 40 years of trading and economic alliance like it no longer matters. There are millions of jobs impacted, depending on what kind of deal we agree with the EU. There are business considerations, research partnerships, aviation standards, all of these things are complex relationships that can not be modified overnight if we are to keep the benefits they bring. And most leave voters have no clue about that complexity at all, and worse still they don't care. Those of us that are fighting for a soft brexit are doing so because we really care about the economy of this country, not because we are traitors. Many people have fought for decades to make this country one of the least racist and xenophobic in the world, and a modern day Enoch Powell has put that all at risk, and for what? Farage can go crawl back under the stone he belongs. And those of you sucked in by his nonsense had better understand that he and his ilk are not interested in a better economy for the many, they are interested only in lining their own pockets by stripping away regulation (like worker protections) and turning this country into a tax haven for big business and the wealthy. I posted a link somewhere of James Dyson setting out his reasons for wanting out of the EU - That is what these people conned the public into voting for!!!

This has not got to planning stage yet. It is just a proposal by the company drawing up plans to redevelop the site. It is also worth remembering that there is a high rise tower block of council housing 100 meters from this site, so the idea that a single tower block is out of place is probably not true. It is better to wait for the final plans to emerge and work on a proper objection based on more solid reasoning when then planning application looms, as no doubt Peckham Vision will do. Proportion of the development, as well as affordability of any housing can then be properly scrutinised based on actual plans.

This is the real challenge. Many rough sleepers have other problems that make staying in a home, maintaining a tenancy, difficult. One of the problems with assisted accomodation is that it tends to be filled with people with these additional problems. It is hard to treat an alcoholic for example, in a hostel filled with alcoholics. There are strict rules to being housed in these kinds of accomodation, but those in them often break those rules. They are not prisons, so a person can not be stopped from leaving the premises and drinking themselves into a stupor. So the question is one of what can effectively be done. My view is that we seem to place conditionality on being housed, at people who are never going to be completely free of the things we want them to change about themselves. This is where we go wrong in housing policy and where a country like Finland have got it right. House people first and keep them housed, whatever it takes. The rest should be treated long term as a seperate issue.

No Keano. You just typify the aggressive tone that seems to follow the Brexit brigade like a bad smell. Haviing a difference of opinion does not make anyone a traitor and whilst you might make some valid points above, your tone is so bad tempered that it deminishes any point you are trying to make. The establishment is indeed full of cronies, but leaving the EU is not going to change one bit of that is it? This is what you hard leavers don't seem to understand. You have just given unfettered powers to people you claim to despise. And when Workers have no protections and have to work round the clock to make ends meet in tax haven Britian, who will you blame then? And as for the actul resignation letter, he is spot on in so many areas. Day to day government has stopped for this circus which will almost certainly end with a soft form of Brexit, because no-one with any common sense can see a better option.

No. There are no compromises with pets. You either look after them properly or don't have them at all. If your husband won't have pets indoors, then it is a no-no.

An overall strategy is a complex thing to get right. My issue with pricing people out of driving is that, as with everything, it is the most vulnerable and poorest in genuine need that are hit hardest, like the diasbled, elderly etc. Many women don't like taking public tranpsort alone late at night either. We complain all the time about public transport in London but compared to other parts of the country we are doing very well. No other part of the country has the frequency or coverage that London does, nor the subsidies that London transport has either. Is it perfect? Of course not. But we do have a habit in London of expecting the moon and the stars, and of thinking we have a right to no inconvenience. When we finally decided to get rid of our cars (we had two). we were surprised to see just how good bus services were for getting anywhere, even with our two kids. The tfl journey planner is excellent.

The powers of the council over empty buildings in private ownership is very limited, unless the building falls into disrepair. And even then, the owner simply has to make good the building to avoid a CPO. There are empty properties all over London and beyond. Councils have no powers over them.

mikeb Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > @ Blah blah: and sometimes you?ll see me and my family on the bus or more often on our bikes. But sometimes a car is the best way around SE London. We hire a car on the few occasions we need one, rather than owning one and being tempted to use it when we really don't need to. East Dulwich has great transport links. Pollution is a big issue Sally and both the government and Mayor are trying to tackle it by making owning and driving the more polluting vehicles more expensive. But this does nothing to address the big polluters like buses and other commercial diesel vehicles, like taxis, who have exemptions from some of the charges. So there is still lots to be done on many levels and questions to be answered over who pays the cost of electrifying those kinds of transport services.

Plenty of people have kids and don't have cars mikeb. You see them on buses all the time ;)

Some won't be happy of course, until we see the return of Wessex, Mercia and Middle Anglia ;)

I hope that includes those who are arguing for their right to keep their cars outside their own homes too Jimlad? How many of the journeys those cars make could just as easily be done by public transport and/or on foot. It is very easy to be righteous on this stuff.

Given his problems with alcohol use and what seems like some mental health challenges too, I would say he needs more than just housing. other posters have mentioned that he has been housed in the past and failed to stay housed, and that he is known to various support services now but refuses to take any help offered. He needs help from a range of services, but he has to be willing to take it too.

A jar of duck pate. We are vegetatians!

It is good they have found all the drivers. I expect there will be charges. But that won't bring this poor lady back or make anything easier for her family at this terrible time for them. Very sad.

Yes, they want to replace existing council homes with a higher density of council homes. The issue seems to be how much of a footprint those homes occupy. Does the development have to remove all green space and trees? That seems to be the main area of conflict, not the principle of more council homes. It is also worth adding that Southark Council aince 2010 have lost more council homes through sell off for private delvelopment than they have built, so much so that in the last two years, the borough shows a minus for homes built for council recnt whilst the percentage of homes built for private sale (and bear in mind a good chunk of those are being sold to Asian investors who will never live here) has increased as a percentage hugely. There are FOI figures on this that demonstrate just how the shift has moved away from council homes and to private sales at market rates. It is not a good record by any measure. And that FOI request was made after council leader Peter John behaved with arrogance on twitter and lied about the percentage of homes built for social rent.

It would help if the council stopped selling off existing council homes! Lendlease have made a killing while Southwark loses more green space. I would strongly recommend you contact 'Sothwark Defend Council Housing'. They have had some success in shaping council housing policy and might at the very least be able to help you get the plans ammended.

JoeLeg Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Do you have a link for that Blah? I've long believed that the main reason people like James Dyson are behind Brexit is because they want to curtail workers rights and take things back towards pre-union times. > I feel the destruction of workers rights is one of the greatest risks of Brexit. When was Gove alleged to have said this? Gove yesterday said that the WTD restricted workers freedom to work overtime. It was quoted on the Daily Politics. It is Gove deliberately spreading lies of course (any worker can opt out), just as he has done in the past. Why is he allowed to get away with that? And note that in that cabinet meeting today, Gove's top priority was doing away with the WTD. Not trade, not immigration, not sovereignty, but getting rid of the one piece of legislation that gives workers protections on hours, holiday pay, time off and maternity and paternity rights. There is video footage of Dyson banging on about wanting the freedom to hire and fire at will and that being his reason for backing leave. It was an Andrew Marr interview. I will see if I can find it. That is what is behind those in power backing leave. They don't care one jot for the ordinary worker. It is all about ridding themselves of barriers to profit, and workers are barriers to that profit if they can't hire and fire them at will. Found it! Four mins in is where he says UK manufacturers need to be able to hire and fire and he calls for corporation tax to be abolished too - actually says that people's profits should not be taxed. So he wants a tax haven that he can hire and fire within! He almost sounds sane as he says these things. ?354 million profit wasn't enough for him last year obviously!

I'm not sure if this will have any impact on this government. A more useful petition might be one to push for a delay in the roll out until safeguards are in place to prevent what everyone is warning about. Government seems to think it has made enough changes to avoid a national crisis of claimants being sent to food banks. The real worry is rent arrears and evictions from the rollout. There are some moves behind the scenes to allay the fears of private sector landlords who are genuinely worried about the rollout and rent arrears from their tenants currently in receipt of Housing Benefit. Signed those petitions anyway.

No one has attacked you. You were rude, end of. Aren't you the woman who also a complained about a van driver parked outside your house and admitted you were rude to him too? You have you have a habit of being a twat clearly. As for the rest I have no idea what you are talking about, just as I have no idea who the heck you are, and frankly I don't care either. You have nice Christmas now, idiot.

Crisis have lots of volunteering opportunities accross their centres over Christmas week.

Plus if a new referendum lowered the age to 16 etc etc rah rah. Give is reported to be preparing to ask May to remove us from the Working Time Directive. If he is successful, there goes the first layer of workers protections. It is blatently obvioulsy that people like Gove want to strip workers of protections and rights. Is that what leave voters were voting for?

I have no idea who she is. For all I know that might not even be her real name! But she was uneccessarily rude to that poster. She was curt in response. It is there for everyone to see.

We've never heard of any of the acts performing, so have no idea what kind of music it is. We'd turn up for Muse though ;)

Not sure about that. It will take some time to roll out smart meters and prepayment meters will still exist. And I would think that even smart meters will have to be checked in the same way meters are now for safety reasons. I assume criminals still bypass meters too, so who will check for that?