tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5279091405234136771.post8741922505143752497..comments2023-10-07T13:06:03.088+01:00Comments on Nottingham City Council LOLs: Now, Now, Children, Stop SwearingAndyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03710776765139258627noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5279091405234136771.post-74127317392892053512009-10-03T11:30:48.206+01:002009-10-03T11:30:48.206+01:00Actually I disagree. If market rents are charged o...Actually I disagree. If market rents are charged on social housing then the housing benefit bill will increase and/or poor tenants will suffer as housing benefit won't cover their full rent and they have to make up the difference.<br /><br />Housing is an essential. Private members' golf clubs aren't.<br /><br />That said, the market rents issue is one of those situations I referred to where Labour Councillors get to have a bit of fun expressing their Labourness very loudly without actually having to decide anything. <br /><br />And it's not as if NCC have ever shed many tears over the gap between private sector market rents and housing benefit levels in the past.Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03710776765139258627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5279091405234136771.post-56447485985342576052009-10-03T10:49:32.093+01:002009-10-03T10:49:32.093+01:00Those minutes make an interesting read.
Funny how ...Those minutes make an interesting read.<br />Funny how labour councillors foam at the mouth at the thought of market rents being charged on social housing but the same people are outraged at the thought that those rich bastards at Wollaton Park golf club are not paying a market rent for use of the course.<br />Typical labour hypocrisy.Gordon Brown's Moral Compass Swingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02055000204659012587noreply@blogger.com