Rent Rise for Blackheath Residents

Yes your caring Labour council strikes again, with Rent rises of up to 4% and we are now waiting to see if Sandwell also hike the council tax, even though the Conservative led government has previously given Sandwell money to keep it at 0%

I don’t think you will hear Labour moaning as it was the Labour Government that set Rents to rises each year at (RPI) + 0.5% + £2 per week, back in 2002

                                                      Labour are coming for your money

blogger said

I wonder if Sandwell need s the money to pay for another Public arts building ?

In the Year since Labour took Sandwell homes under council control rents have rocketed by up to £11 per week
Can you afford Labour ?



Reference

blackheath town matters close-public-or-have-rent-rise

http://www.halesowennews.co.uk/news/10985628.Sandwell_tenants_hit_by_rent_rises/

and

http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2014/01/29/sandwell-council-rents-set-to-rise-by-150/

Here's a document about Labour's rent rises

http://www.parliament.uk/briefing-papers/SN01090/rent-setting-for-social-housing-tenancies.pdf

 

Sandwell Children's Services Shock

The Chief of Ofsted has listed Sandwell in a report as one of 20 councils that are unacceptably poor in children's services, so I ask will our local Labour MP's condemn this Labour run council?

Barnsley,Bexley,Birmingham,Blackpool,Calderdale,Cambridgeshire,Cheshire East

Cumbria,Devon,Doncaster,Herefordshire,Isle of Wight,Kingston upon Thames,Medway

Norfolk,Northamptonshire,Rochdale,Sandwell,Slough,Somerset are the 20 councils

"Incompetent and ineffective leadership must be addressed quickly". and

"These are shocking statistics and a national disgrace."are but a few of his comments

Commenting on Birmingham he said

"Why is it that nearly a third of children in the city live in households on low incomes? Why is it that infant mortality is almost twice the national average, worse than in Cuba and on a par with Latvia and Chile? and "one of the worst places to grow up in the developed world".

Blogger said

Absolutely shocking, Once again Sandwell is listed as one of the worst in the UK, this comes not long after Sandwell Labour moaned about Ofsted

link

boss-urges-rethink-on-sandwell-council-childrens-care-rating/

 I just hope the Government send in a team to run Sandwell Children's Services

Reference to read more at these links

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/oct/15/child-protection-inadequate-ofsted-report

http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2013/10/15/sandwell-council-one-of-worst-for-childrens-care/

Sandwell Leaders Training

While council staff lose their jobs, they can reflect back at their leader who was using Fairy dust at £2700 a year to help him communicate better.

Blogger said

Yes £2700 a year of your tax money that's the same as saying 270 people in Sandwell would not have to pay the spare room subsidy for one week if this money had been used to pay it.  Labour call it a bedroom tax, Gordon and labour like the word tax they raised the tax for the poor

Reference E&S 13th Sept 2013 p11 Sandwell edition

Another week in Politics

The end of another week and things are looking much better

House prices are rising at their fastest rate for years,

Link to BBC

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23177576

UK new car registrations jumped by 13.4% in June

Link to article

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23181867

UK service sector growth 'fastest for two years'

Link to BBC

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23158587

Business confidence in the UK is at its highest level since 2007

link to BBC

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23141396

and Red Ed & Labour Party are in a total mess

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/politics/5001289/Labour-Unite-crisis.html

Blogger said , Labour are in the same mess they left our country in

Labours new homes

These are some of the NEW homes being built in
West Bromwich  at the back of what once was Bull Street
in whats called

      The Eastern Gateway 

 A Box

More Boxes

Blogger said

After Labour's failed "Pathfinder program" where 1000's of Sandwell dwellings were bulldozed with lots of Schools closed sadly causing a shortage of homes and school places just as Sandwell population was rising. 

Coalitions Government money is available for new builds.

I wonder though what type of homes Labour are giving you in your area?

Will they be more little boxes?
Will Labour give the people a parking space or a little garden ?

or will parking become a nightmare ???

The Coalition Government has also changed planning laws and removed Labour's parking quotas from new home developments

read this about Sandwell and its old housing plans

http://www.insidehousing.co.uk/the-demolition-explosion/6518821.article

WHERE WILL THESE RESIDENTS PARK ????

The Coalition Government has given you a voice, read this

The introduction of neighbourhood development plans and neighbourhood development orders which will give local communities the opportunity to shape development in their area

http://www.out-law.com/en/topics/property/planning/the-localism-bill--impact-on-planning-law/