April 30, 2013
This is a statement from Paul Nicholson from Taxpayers Against Poverty: I am refusing to pay my council tax in support of the many people in the uk suffering under the catastrophic and very unfair benefit cuts and caps, who are also charged a council tax they cannot pay. This is a personal decision for […]
Category: Uncategorised
Tags: debt / welfare benefits
April 29, 2013
On Saturday 27th April 2013,as part of a London-wide day of action against Letting Agents, 20 Haringey Community Housing Inspectors went out to investigate the practices of local Letting Agents in Green Lanes, Haringey. Other actions took place in other parts of London including in Islington/Hackney, Brixton and Herne Hill, see the Let Down campaign […]
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Tags: housing
April 26, 2013
Join in, and meet at 12 noon outside Turnpike Lane tube. We will once again be taking to the streets of Haringey to inspect local letting agents as part of Let Down: a day of action against letting agents. Six months ago, on 6 October 2012, local housing campaigners became ‘Community Housing Inspectors’ to investigate […]
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Tags: housing
April 11, 2013
This Sunday, a few of people from Boycott Workfare will be coming to Haringey to picket Homebase in Green Lanes about their take up of forced labour. Sunday is their busiest trading day in the week. Please come along and join in. 1pm-2.30pm, Sunday 14th April, Haringey Homebase, Green Lanes. (close to Sainsbury’s & Harringay […]
Category: Uncategorised
Tags: workplace organising
April 8, 2013
Homes for Haringey is the borough’s arms-length management organisation, set up to manage council housing. Recently, we have found out that local unemployed people are being forced to work on their estates for no pay and with no workplace rights. Please come and support a lunchtime protestthis Wednesday 10th April, 1pmat the Homes for Haringey […]
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Tags: local services
April 6, 2013
The benefit cap is due to start on 15th April in Haringey, Enfield, Bromley and Croydon, before being rolled out nationwide in the summer. These four trial boroughs were apparently chosen because one office processes all their benefit claims. On the day of its introduction, we are asking opponents of the benefit cap from all […]
Category: Uncategorised
Tags: debt / welfare benefits
April 1, 2013
Last Wednesday, 27th March, Finsbury Park JobCentre Plus sent out a tweet to “congratulate” themselves on the news that 21 claimants were being put on a “work placement” scheme at Homebase in Harringay. On hearing the news, some members of Haringey Solidarity Group kicked into action to protest against this.
Category: Uncategorised
Tags: workplace organising
April 1, 2013
On Monday 18 March, North London Solidarity Federation picketed the Homes For Haringey offices in Wood Green and the depot for Groundwork, in Tottenham, who are employed by the Council to provide gardening and improvement services on estates in the area. The demonstration was against Groundwork’s use of workfare; unemployed people are forced by Jobcentres […]
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Tags: workplace organising
March 12, 2013
Haringey, Enfield, Bromley and Croydon have been chosen by the government to be used as a testing ground for their Overall Benefit Cap. People living with three or more dependent children will be most likely to be affected, facing cuts in housing benefit of up to £400 a week. But it will affect many others […]
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Tags: debt / welfare benefits
February 27, 2013
Grainger have submitted an application to hang a gigantic advertising hoarding that will span the entire corner building of the Wards Department store. Below is a picture of what it will look like: you got to see it to believe it!
Category: Uncategorised
Tags: planning & development
