Re: this is what the CUTS mean : Fri Feb 15, 2013 1:47 pm  

Durham Giant wrote:

I recognise that , but there is an issue around Arts funding relying much more on national funding and charities which is still skewed towards London.

Due to LA cuts (which there is very clear evidence to show is unfairly weighted against the midlands and the North) ...

Apart from, for instance, where London councils are considering having to move people to places beyond the city ...

[Durham Giant]

Re: this is what the CUTS mean : Fri Feb 15, 2013 2:08 pm  

Mintball wrote:

Apart from, for instance, where London councils are considering having to move people to places beyond the city ...

That is different to the LA funding criteria that was very much based on the coalition plan to cap spending and is a national decison being implemented locally albeit one that the council does not want to pursue. That is one decision the coalition took which quite clearly would have a very detrimental effect on poor people in London due to the high cost of rents and low housing stock.

To a large extent it is social cleansing in London. Make it impossible for the poor, the low paid or public service workers to live there.

Re: this is what the CUTS mean : Fri Feb 15, 2013 2:14 pm  

Durham Giant wrote:

To a large extent it is social cleansing in London. Make it impossible for the poor, the low paid or public service workers to live there.

There are millions of Rumanians and Bulgarians coming in January, who will be more thanh happy to sleep 20 to a tower block flat and work in those jobs. The government and London aren't stupid. They need to make way for the influx of new people without overburdening public services in the capital and at the same time keep London's economy powering forward with cheap, flexible, willing workers. As others have consistently argued, immigration brings enormous benefits to the UK and London in particular benefits from the throughput. Problem is that throughput develop bottlenecks and that's why the shipping out policy is needed.

Re: this is what the CUTS mean : Mon Feb 18, 2013 10:27 pm  

The Times carried a piece today which said the housing stock in the 10 most expensive London boroughs is worth more than the entire housing stock of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Not quite sure how that fits into the thread, but just thought it might be of interest.

Re: this is what the CUTS mean : Mon Feb 18, 2013 11:25 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

Labour will win with a landslide victory and the continue to make the calamitous mistakes they made to get us in this mess in the first place?

Labour made the mistake of causing a worldwide credit implosion.
Interesting theory.

Re: this is what the CUTS mean : Tue Feb 19, 2013 1:20 pm  

Dally wrote:

There are millions of Rumanians and Bulgarians coming in January, who will be more thanh happy to sleep 20 to a tower block flat and work in those jobs. The government and London aren't stupid. They need to make way for the influx of new people without overburdening public services in the capital and at the same time keep London's economy powering forward with cheap, flexible, willing workers. As others have consistently argued, immigration brings enormous benefits to the UK and London in particular benefits from the throughput. Problem is that throughput develop bottlenecks and that's why the shipping out policy is needed.

You've been reading the Daily Mail again, haven't you?

Re: this is what the CUTS mean : Wed Feb 20, 2013 9:08 pm  

What Camoron's Big Society really means Big Society my arse

What Camoron's Big Society really means Big Society my arse

Re: this is what the CUTS mean : Thu Feb 21, 2013 9:18 am  

cod'ead wrote: What Camoron's Big Society really means Big Society my arse Labour MP Tom Blenkinsop, who represents Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland, said: “David Cameron’s Big Society was relying on volunteers and charity groups providing services Which is admirable. Until they're all taken away and forced to work at Poundland!

cod'ead wrote: What Camoron's Big Society really means Big Society my arse Labour MP Tom Blenkinsop, who represents Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland, said: “David Cameron’s Big Society was relying on volunteers and charity groups providing services Which is admirable. Until they're all taken away and forced to work at Poundland!