The Save Little London Campaign in conjunction with Amicus trade union has organised a city-wide public meeting on housing and public service privatisation and how to beat it on Wednesday 19 July in Little London.It features Dick Banks, Amicus convenor for local government in Leeds, who will speak about current government policy to decimate council housing in the country and the Defend Council Housing campaign.
Also invited to speak are tenants' representatives from Swarcliffe estate in Leeds, the first housing PFI undertaken by Leeds City Council and a total disaster. It took nearly 6 years for a contract to be signed and although a majority of tenants were in favour, there is now growing alarm by locals as to shoddy work being carried out by PFI contractors and the string of broken promises about what they would get. They will be joined by speakers from Little London, Osmondthorpe and a range of defend public services campaigns.
The aim of the meeting to bring together local people in Little London with tenants and campaigners across the city as we are all facing the same fight with privatisation and PFI and working together can only make us stronger. We are planning a special presentation on what is happening to tenants in Swarcliffe. Our hope for the evening is that we can brainstorm on where next for the campaign.
There will be free tea, coffee and snacks.
Meeting details:
Wednesday 19 July, 7pm-9pm
Space@, Little London Community Primary School
Oatland Close, Leeds
Our Homes are not for Sale: Challenging Privatisation in Leeds
Featuring Dick Banks
Amicus convenor for local government in Leeds
Plus
Speakers from Swarcliffe Tenants and Residents Association, Osmondthorpe, Save Little London Campaign, education workers fighting PFI and city academies
For more information, email savelittlelondon@gmail.com or ring 07775886617
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