Housing | Socialist Action 1983

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In one sense, of course, the campaign doesn't matter. The real reason for voting Labour is not at least by the Labour leadership. defending the unions against the attacks of the theLabour Party itself against the assault of the Tories and the Alliance, defending the services provided by local authorities against the attempt to break them up. t us everything progressive in the world, and most of all those fighting for their liberation, will take a step forward if Labour wins on 11 June.

Because what matters in this campaign is not tionary patriotism he has been spewing out for four yers, the 'human face' presented in the camdCN DCACLSVOLLO COSCOnuI labour movement and the forces of capital in Britain. who wins that fight, not what is said in the Watever the campaign, whatever the next two weeks brings: All out for Labour victory on understanding that mine what Is in our terests. Some of us in local government are critical of webetald as local authorities, believing that WC MU LI responsive enough to the needs of local people. Thatcher is determined make the possibility of local councils responding to the needs of local people extremely difficult, if not impossible. Poll tax The attack on local root of the Tories plans Just before the dissolution of parliament they brought in the Scotland Act •In• hocuce a poll lax, une so• called community tax, for which they have no mandate. hey have almost no seats to lose there; they don't contro anv councis Their proposals on privatisation would attack street cleaning, rubbish colthing. The Tories are seek- just about everything.

decimate local authorities local democracy and the control that people have over the services that they want to see provided.

Take housing. They want to take ownership and control away local counclis. Sav group tenants decided they might get more out of a property company.

The property company wold soend a lot ot moner on renovation. It would then do what the private property market has always done: start evicting people jack up the rents and harass people to leave, so it

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Socialist Action 29 May 1987