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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?

It IS the park. It is within the gated area on the Harris Boys School side (the meadow area).

Yes I saw that one too. It could just be that enough people are now beginning to realise just what is at risk to warrant a push for a second referendum at some point. Not sure how that would go down though.

I think they have to physically read the meter every two years by law, but I'm not completely certain on that. They have to check meters under safety rules.

Wow, you clearly meant your rudeness. Lighten up!

We may even end up with a second referendum at this rate. I found Question Time rather depressing this week. Finally there was a leave voter in the audience who acknowledged that it was all more complicated than just staying or leaving and that government should take the time it needs to work through it all. But he was a lone voice among the usual rentamob (on both sides). Still the next one in the New Year is from Islington - Jermemy's own patch.

This is just appalling. I would think they have a good chance of finding the drivers though. There will be CCTV all over the place that they can trace the routes of those vehicles through and there will be a shot clear enough at some point to get a registration.

There are several animal rescue centres in and around London that take all animals. Sadly the RSPCA are not my best recommendation either. They euthanise too many healthy animals for my liking.

We loved them too :)

We have had meter readers just read one meter. Not sure why they do things that way, but they do sometimes.

That's a bit harsh Sue! Get up on the wrong side of the bed today? I guess the problem though is that once the police get to a reported sighting she has gone. They will probably have the best chance of finding her when she is in a park, because there at least she is in one location for enough time for the Police to get there. But she could of course be reading this forum too and avoiding that. Let's hope though that something is done before her dogs attack again.

Meanwhile in the real world... https://www.ft.com/content/b48e4f3a-dc0e-11e7-a039-c64b1c09b482?segmentid=acee4131-99c2-09d3-a635-873e61754ec6 How long before those car plants slowly move out of the UK?

It seems like a very small area for 8000 people. Is it fair to ask people to put up with live music noise from 11am to 10pm for two days? I don't know.

And most readers wear jackets with the company logo on as well.

HA HA. Yeah him too :D

It's all bollox anyway. There is no God or Satan. Who cares what some old geezer in the Vatican thinks :D