tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795029915678140517.post4463575692311659010..comments2009-07-21T16:24:26.936-07:00Comments on Tim Phillips-White: One Small VictoryTim Phillips-Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10046579399254943058noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795029915678140517.post-90224247449057382022009-07-04T02:59:12.654-07:002009-07-04T02:59:12.654-07:00Brown housing plans condemned as 'desperation&...Brown housing plans condemned as 'desperation' by Birmingham councillor<br />Jun 30 2009 by Jonathan Walker, Birmingham Post <br />Add a commentRecommend Promises to make it harder for immigrants to get a council house have been condemned as “desperation”.<br /><br />Gordon Brown has promised reforms allowing councils “to give more priority to local people whose names have been on waiting lists for far too long”.<br /><br />The proposal is a key plank of Labour’s new national plan for Britain, which Birmingham MP Liam Byrne has helped to draw up.<br /><br />Crucially, however, councils will still be obliged by law to give “reasonable preference” to families in specific circumstances, such as those living in overcrowded conditions because they have large families. This applies equally to immigrants and everyone else.<br /><br />Across the West Midlands conurbation, 74,862 households are currently on the housing waiting list.<br /><br />But the housing plan was condemned by Coun John Lines (Con, Bartley Green), Birmingham City Council’s cabinet member for housing. He said: “It’s a bit late in the day to start trying to rectify 12 years of total neglect and disregard for housing and immigration. This sounds like desperation.”Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11907981964879235404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795029915678140517.post-83167363848525206782009-06-24T14:25:54.268-07:002009-06-24T14:25:54.268-07:00Yes this is a victory but we must remain on our gu...Yes this is a victory but we must remain on our guard, the fight against racism is not won. Recent Local and European elections have shown the BNP making a stronger showing than any reasonable person would like. We must continue to try to bring BNP voters back into the fold. Maybe the major parties especially "NEW LABOUR" should try to avoid concentrating on self interest and try to move back towards concentrating on the interest of the British public especially those people in most need of help.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11907981964879235404noreply@blogger.com