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Building Homes and Tackling the Cost of Living Crisis

Lewisham Labour: Building a better future

London is in the grip of a housing crisis. Under the Coalition, house building has slumped to its lowest level since the 1920s. Rents are rocketing, adding to thecost of living crisis. It's becoming impossible for working families to get a foot on the property ladder. built in the last three years alone. But we want to do much more. As well as building homes, well take action to protect private tenants by rooting out rogue landlords and letting agents.

Joe Dromey, Council Candidate Mayor Steve Bullock recently for New Cross welcomed the announced plans to build the news; ''building new homes will first new council homes in help tackle the cost of living Lewisham for a generation. We crisis and boost the local want to build at least 250 economy by creating hundreds Lewisham Labour has a proud council homes in the next four of jobs and apprenticeships. record on housing. Last year we years - and hopefully many Only Labour will deliver the delivered more new affordable more. Good homes, at decent homes our community homes than any London rents, for local families. needs.'' borough; over 2,000 have been

Lewisham Labour Freezes Council Tax

Helping residents in tough times
Mayor Steve Bullock recently announced plans to freeze council tax next year, to help local people with the cost of living crisis. This is the third time in the last four years that council tax has been frozen With wages falling far behind inflation and Coalition welfare cuts, working people are now 1,600 a year worse off than they were in 2010. As well as freezing your council tax, Labour have promised to freeze energy bills until 2017 if Ed Miliband is elected. New Cross Councillor Paul Maslin welcomed the freeze; ''Lewisham Labour is on your side in tough times. We'll continue to help hard pressed families with the cost of living.''
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Living Wage Lewisham

Our Parliamentary Candidate Vicky Foxcroft will be leading a campaign to encourage more local employers to pay the Living Wage. New Cross All the council's employees are paid candidate Brenda Dacres said ''I'm at least 8.80 an hour, far above proud that we were the first to the minimum wage. This is part of introduce the Living Wage. A fair our commitment to tackle poverty day's work should mean a fair locally. day's pay and we want more employers to follow our lead.'' Under Labour, Lewisham became the first Council in the country to introduce the Living Wage.

Gill and Kath back Labour Gill Hart and Kath Dunbar, the community activists who run New Cross Learning will be voting Labour in May. ''Brenda Dacres, Joe Dromey and Paul Maslin have been great friends of the library,'' they said. ''We know they will stand up for New Cross, for local services, and for local people.'' Gill and Kath, pictured with Labour candidate Brenda Dacres, recently received the South London Press 'Our Hero' award for their great work at the library.

Deptford shopkeeper says vote Labour! Hasmukh Patel, owner of Londis on Deptford High Street will be supporting Labour in May. ''Labour have done so much for Deptford; improving the high street, tackling anti-social behaviour and helping local businesses like mine.'' Pictured with New Cross candidate Joe Dromey, he said ''I'll be voting for Joe, Brenda and Paul in May. They'll make excellent councillors.'' You can join the Labour Party at www.labour.org.uk/join

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