Who voted for this
Interviews with people dealing with housing problems and welfare cuts. Dislike for those who let it all happen.
Kate Belgrave
Journalist and blogger
Contact:
kate@katebelgrave.com
Homepage photos courtesy of Latoya, the mother of the little boy with autism in the first episode.
Who voted for this
Hackney council will evict a disabled child this Friday. This is why progressives hate Labour.
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Oh yes.
Labour's very own Hackney council will evict a disabled and autistic 8 year old boy and his family from their council home this Friday, March 6 at 10am. Bailiffs will evict the family.
The council does not have to evict this family. It is just a tenancy issue and the council could choose to grant the family a secure tenancy. The council simply refuses to.
Instead, it is sending the bailiffs to evict the family on Friday, at which point the boy and his family will be chucked into temporary housing miles from the boy's school where he is settled with 1-2-1 support.
The boy won't be able to cope with the stress and he can't cope with public transport. The council has been sent pages of medical and school evidence which makes this very clear.
This, my friends, is a classic example of reasons why so-called progressives cannot bear the Labour party. Let us note that the Hackney Greens have supported the family, while Labour wants to crush the family.
I am not a supporter of political parties of any stripe, but even I can see that. Here's hoping voters in the upcoming local elections in Hackney put a very big boot in.
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