Long-Bailey Goes NIMBY
Rebecca Long-Bailey is continuing to rage from the backbenches, this time about… housing proposals. The erstwhile “Northern Powerhouse” has fired off a letter to the Salford planning department to protest against plans for the regeneration of a run-down retail park in the local area. A dastardly £1 billion investment to build homes, a new park and a playground…
3,300 homes would be built with the investment. Long-Bailey issues the classic NIMBY complaints that the buildings wouldn’t contain enough affordable homes and that plans are “not in keeping with the local character and distinctiveness of the area.” This is the “Local Character and Distinctiveness” that Long-Bailey is fighting to conserve…
Meanwhile 770 kids are living in temporary accommodation in Salford as blockers force housing costs up. Any way to oppose the Starmerites…