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Misguided on housing
• A couple of weeks ago I sent a letter to John Prescott
demanding to know why the government was sitting on £283
million which had been earmarked for improving council housing
in Camden.
I have received an extraordinary reply from his department.
It admitted that the money was needed and that without it
Camden’s homes would not approach the “decent”
standard set by the government but said that the money had
been withheld because “funding should be limited to local
authorities who have separated their management and strategic
functions”.
In other words improvements to Camden’s estates have
been left massively underfunded because the Labour government
doesn’t trust the Labour council to spend the money wisely.
Maybe they’d trust the Liberal Democrats more –
at least a Lib Dem council wouldn’t remain muted in their
opposition while the government sacrifices tenants well-being
on a point of misguided principle.
Fred Carver
Curnock St Estate, NW1
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