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Video: Beneath the Housing Crisis
text by Phil Tsappas, video by Simon Fisher. On 18 July I visited Ladderswood Way estate in New Southgate – 5 minutes’ walk from Arnos Grove Underground, in North London. I went there because I had heard, after working a day at Garfield Children’s Centre that the estate was pretty much empty and some units […]
Author: Janette Evans \ Barnet \ Mayor Hugh Rayner \ Protest \ report
“Shame on Hugh” not our Barnet mayor
by Janette Evans Barnet Housing Action Group with members of our west Hendon and BAPS greeted the mayor outside the AGM at MIND on 21 July. Barnet Tory Mayor – Hugh Raynor – sat on the housing scheme committee that decided they would pay £3,000 to landlords that rented ‘spare rooms’ without disclosing he was […]
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Support Haringey NUT branch secretary Julie Davies
A week after impressive co-ordinated strike action trade unionists are calling for people to sign a petition of support (below) after Haringey Council formally suspended NUT Secretary Julie Davies pending an investigation into co-ordinated letters of complaint from a small number of Haringey headteachers and concerns raised over the use of her Twitter account in her […]
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Weekend Press Round-up
The Kilburn Times reports on residents concerned about social cleansing; “Pete Firmin, who is a committee member of the residents’ association, said: “We thought the project was about improving local facilities and living conditions in social homes; but now, those who have been living in the area are essentially being driven out. This all amounts […]
Child abuse \ Daniel Morgan \ Darcus Howe \ Empty Homes \ Housing \ Janine Griffis \ Mayor Hugh Rayner \ Paul Foot \ Press round-up
The Weekend Press Round-Up
The BBC reports that London boroughs have the power to penalise home owners who leave properties empty, yet they aren’t using them. “Councils are empowered to use the Empty Homes Premium to charge home owners 50% extra council tax if they leave properties empty for two or more years. “Yet Freedom of Information requests to […]
Author: Jim Jepps \ Jeremy Corbyn \ legislation \ Nick de Bois \ police powers
The emergency snooping bill – How did North London MPs vote?
By Jim Jepps Today’s rushed Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Bill has been a travesty from the start. When the government’s communications act got bogged down in the Parliamentary mud earlier in the year the government decided to speed the process up and have fast tracked essentially the same legislation, passing it in just a week . […]
Abortion \ Cristina Rios \ feminism \ interview \ Migrants \ Mireia Gargallo \ My belly is mine
Interview: Protesting Spanish abortion law in London
Interview with Cristina Rios and Mireia Gargallo Whilst Cristina and Mireia are both Spanish immigrants living in London, and are both political activists working in the My Belly is Mine campaign, and indeed are good friends – the two, in many ways, come from very different places. Mireia came to London six months ago looking for work, escaping […]
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North London press weekend round-up
This week has seen local stories on strikes, corruption, insults, development and air pollution. Let’s take a look. In the Barnet Times there’s the shocking story of the Barnet Mayor who’s accused of receiving more than £28,000 from the housing fund without ever declaring an interest while making decisions on how that fund is […]
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North London on strike: our #J10 reports
Updated: 10:30 pm As the day goes on we hope to bring you more reports, photos and comments on today’s industrial action where around one million people across the country are thought to be on strike. Send us your pictures and reports from the strike in North London. You can either send it to office@northlondonstar.org.uk or […]
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Interview: George Binette (Camden Unison) on Thursday’s strike
We spoke to George Binette, branch secretary of Camden Unison, about Thursday’s strike action, how we can support his members and others as well as where the action goes after the industrial action. It may seem like we chose the noisiest part of Camden to conduct this interview, but this is simply the perils of filming […]
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