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Haringey Labour cabinet pulls plug on previous administration’s development vehicle plan

Dave Hill

Haringey’s newly-formed Labour administration has confirmed that it will abandon its predecessor’s plan to form a joint venture company with a major regeneration specialist with a view to redeveloping council-owned land and increasing housing supply. In keeping with an election manifesto pledge, the council’s cabinet last night voted not to proceed with forming the Haringey Development Vehicle (HDV), which […]

Haringey: ‘Corbyn Council’ housing goals at risk if it scraps Lendlease development deal

Dave Hill

Haringey’s new Labour-run council could miss its house building targets, damage its own finances and possibly face legal action if it ditches plans to form a property development company formulated by the previous Labour administration, according to a report to be considered by its cabinet next week. The 150-page document, compiled by Haringey housing officers, describes the potential […]

Southwark councillor demands public apology from Haringey cabinet member for ‘lying’ about estate regeneration plans

Dave Hill

The credibility of the new and very different Labour administration running Haringey since the 3 May elections depends on its demonstrating a high degree of competence, both in the eyes of local residents and of fellow Labour politicians across the city. Achieving this has not become any easier thanks to remarks made by a prominent member […]

Haringey: housing activists to lobby ‘Corbyn council’ over Broadwater Farm demolition plans

Dave Hill

Housing campaigners who brought about the recent election of a Labour council in Haringey led by members of the Corbynite Momentum pressure group has announced that it will lobby the first meeting of the new council’s cabinet over its proposed demolition of council-owned housing due to safety concerns. Stop HDV, itself a Momentum-led organisation, has said that the tenants and residents […]

Haringey: ‘Corbyn Council’ set to demolish unsafe homes on Broadwater Farm estate

Dave Hill

The Labour local authority elected following the Momentum-led removal of previous councillors who had backed regeneration plans involving the future redevelopment of the Broadwater Farm estate in Tottenham is set to sanction the demolition of two of the estate’s housing blocks. A 70-page report to be considered at the first meeting of the new cabinet of […]

Haringey: Labour branch rebukes Sadiq Khan over NHS devolution deal

Dave Hill

Health professionals in the capital and politicians from across the party spectrum have long argued that the NHS would serve the city’s people better if more control of it was devolved to London level. Sadiq Khan subscribes to this view. Last November, he signed up to a devolution deal with the government, arguing that, “It is […]

Haringey: moves against ‘Corbyn Council’ leader are already underway

Dave Hill

Predictions that newly-elected Haringey Council leader Joseph Ejiofor would soon come under pressure from Corbyn Left activists who didn’t want him to get the job appear borne out by recent events. The Stop HDV campaign, the pressure group comprising members of Momentum and various non-Labour allies which led the successful campaign to get rid of […]

Haringey: ‘Corbyn Council’ cabinet line-up takes shape

Dave Hill

The borough elections went pretty well for Labour overall, but it seems significant that their two worst results in terms of losing seats suggest rejections of directions the party has gone in since Jeremy Corbyn became its leader in 2015: in Barnet, which Labour had high hopes of winning, they ended up with five fewer seats than in […]