In Yvette Cooper's Gaurdian letter she gives the impression of being a Minister who cares about local communities and prefers rennovation to demolition.
Last year the Minister visited Gateshead and enthusiastically approved of Gateshead Council plans to demolish 440 homes in one ward. Despite representations from the 1,400 strong local residents association she did not want to meet independent representatives of local residents. Instead the council tried to hand pick some of the few local people who welcomed demolition.
Unfortunately a couple of local residents opposed to demolition got into the meeting. When they raised the question of rennovation over demolition the Minister carefully sidestepped the question and was bundled out of the room quickly. Thus avoiding the tricky political question of why developers and consultants are making a fortune while ordinary hard working families are being thrown out of their homes.
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Yvette Cooper's Letter to the Gaurdian
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