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slumps and industrial decline. for the labour movement.
councils, has gone Tory businessmen, heart of the moveand users of their services, are left to draw their own conclusions.
meantime to stava off the evil day. split up as previously. GLASGOW District Council has decided to freeze rents. This is a significant step forward.
It is expected that it will be followed by a decision not to increase rates, thus bringing the council into line with the policy of the District Labour Party.
Delegates to the District Party, and councillors, were influenced by the imminence of the District elections in May. They know that because of the increasing powers being taken by the Tory government this could be the last occasion on which Labour will independently determine the levels of rents and rates.
Over the past four years rents have increased 81% in Glasgow. The new housing benefit scheme will mean that many tenants face rent increases again, of as much as £25 per month. Tenants' organisations had lobbied the council, demanding a rent freeze.
Opponents of the decision argued that it could provoke MON DIEU! Those pirates have gone too far this. time.
The farmers who kidnapped our gallant English lorry drivers and burned their fine imperial New Zealand lamb have insulted our nation and thrown detente - a nasty froggy word - back in our teeth.
How long will Mrs Thatcher Scottish Secretary George Younger to a further cut in the capital allocation, already reduced this year from £72 million to $52 million. Better, they argued, to agree to increase rents by But it is highly unlikely that Younger would be persuaded by Glasgow's 'moderation' not to make further cuts in the capital allocation this year. A campaign through the May elections ing beyond can be used to rally support for the council's stand and place in a better position politically to resist any comeback from Younger.
District Council elections will be Iu certary of an unprecedented intensity, focusing the energies of Party members, trade unions, and tenants' organisations in a campaign of resistance to the Tory onslaught.
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