Socialist Challenge. GIVI THE LABOUR group on the Greater London Council agreed on Tuesday of last week to carry out Tory schemes of selling off new and rehabilitated vacant council flats.
The three sites affected by this are Elgin Avenue. Paddington, House, Lambeth and St Paul's Court, Hammersmith. already sent out eviction notices to the 70 homeless people, including 10 children, presently squatting in the Elgin Avenue flats Despite rumours to the contrary, the Labour group has pressure from any High Court ruling. Instead, on the basis of 'legal advice', the Councillors are as anxious to drop any promises made to une ciectorale wilet hicy are faced with possible they were on the issues of lowering the price of school dinners.
Yet the squatters prepared to fight.
High Court eviction lauching a 'campaign of harassment' to prevent the sale of the flats.
Ken Livingstone, Labour GLC leader has said many times that the GLC cannot win anv controntation government without the support of the labour movement. But it has to win that support by showing that it is prepared to stand up and fight for its election pledges. council houses Kilner house-building nomes All this come position.
surcharges, as themselves are They will defy the order and are tion orders with the Tory resist Tory attacks.
Housing 01-701 5691. house It is not enough for Gladys Dimson, chairperson of the housing committee, to be deeply disturbed' - that doesn't give homes to the homeless.
The Labour GLC's programme for housing is now in tatters. GLC property is being transferred to London boroughs government has prevented a programme of 1500 And now council houses will be sold.
without a fight. Instead the Labour GLC is spending f2,000 a week on each of the properties on security to 'keep the homeless at bay' as Ken Livingstone aptly put it when he was in opThe Labour GLC is more concerned to listen to the 'advice' of lawyers behind locked doors than the people of London who rely on the GLC for a home and who voted Labour in the May elections.
There are many cynics who think this Labour GLC is like all the rest, despite its apparent left face. Unfortunately, if the Labour group continues to act in the way it has done over issues like that of hous ing, it will confirm their worse fears The Labour GLC has to continue to oppose the sale of all council housing. It should immediately withdraw the evicagainst the Elgin Avenue squatters and it should unite with the squatters and the labour movement to For further information contact National Liaison Committee, Marble Elgin Avenue, London W9. Tel:
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