Haringey Council: ensuring "business-led" development in Tottenham
Haringey Council has recently said that it will listen to the concerns of local traders over the ongoing 'regeneration' of Tottenham High Road, which many fear is little more gentrification. Many traders have been recently speaking out against proposed demolitions and the threat of higher rents which could close many local family businesses.
But despite Councillor Alan Strickland claiming that local businesses will have a “strong voice” in the “business steering group” - which met for the first time at the end of July - the Council has been meeting with the borough's “major” businesses for several months already – and their main concerns do not appear to be the needs of local residents.
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- Published: 21 August 2013
Benefit Cap: Resource downloads for the fight to stop this social cleansing
On 12 August 2013 the final stage of the rollout of the government's benefit cap started. The cap has been 'trialled' in Haringey and three other London boroughs, since April. In July, it then spread to areas which had low numbers of households affected. Now local authority areas with over 276 affected households will have the cap imposed: Chiefly the remaining London boroughs, along with high-rent areas in other cities around the country.
We have been fighting the cap, download our resources to use in your own local actions, read news about our local fight.
In the last few months, Haringey Solidarity Group and Haringey Housing Action Group have been getting information out to people who are likely to be affected. We've distributed over 5,000 leaflets at schools, job centres and the council's customer service centres. Now that this has gone national, we would like to encourage others, from around the country, to turn this into a national struggle.
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- Published: 15 August 2013
Justice delayed is justice denied
Saturday 3rd August marked the second anniversary of the death of Mark Duggan at the hands of armed police, and the twentieth anniversary of the death of Joy Gardner at the hands of immigration officers. At a packed public meeting at North London Community House, members of their families and others shared their stories and talked about the ongoing campaigns for justice.
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- Published: 07 August 2013
Support civil disobedience against austerity! Solidarity protest, Friday 2 August
Haringey resident Reverend Paul Nicolson is refusing to pay his council tax in protest at the cuts to council tax benefit and other government welfare 'reforms' that are making many people poorer and pushing them further into debt and poverty. He has said that “civil disobedience is morally defensible if it highlights laws which are morally indefensible”.
He has been summoned to appear for a liability order hearing on 9.30 AM on Friday 2 August at Tottenham Magistrates Court (map), where there will be a protest and to support him and a 'speak-out' for those affected by government policy to share their stories.
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- Published: 29 July 2013
Public meeting: Justice for Mark Duggan and Joy Gardner
A public meeting on the second anniversary of Mark Duggan’s death and the twentieth anniversary of Joy Gardner’s death will be held on Saturday 3 August 2013, from 18:00 to 21:00 at North London Community House, 22 Moorefield Road, Tottenham, London N17 6PY.
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- Published: 22 July 2013
Haringey residents campaigns call for the policies and resources our communities need
On Monday 15th July three residents' deputations (Haringey Alliance for Benefit Justice, Haringey Defend Council Housing campaign and the Our Tottenham network) made reprentations to a full meeting of Haringey Council to tell Councillors about the sufferings of tens of thousands of their constituents from caps, cuts, council tax, landlords in a chaotic London housing market, and property developers.
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- Published: 16 July 2013
Local residents organise to create "community pub"
Local residents in Tottenham are organising to try and prevent the Antwerp Arms from being shut down, and to turn it into a community pub. They are holding a public meeting on Monday 22 July at the Lancasterian School, N17, from 18:00 to 19:00 so that people can find out more.
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- Published: 16 July 2013
Anti-workfare protest at Homebase Harringay - Sun 14 July, 1pm
As part of Boycott Workfare's week of action, Haringey Solidarity Group will be picketing outside Harringay Homebase tomorrow, Sunday from 1pm-2pm in protest at use of unpaid workers at their Willesden store.
Join us on Sunday 14 July, 1pm at Homebase Harringay, 430 Green Lanes, N4 1DT. by Harringay Green Lanes rail station.
Earlier this year, we picketed their store in response to their use of the Job Centre's work experience scheme which forces claimants to work for their dole, or face cuts to their benefits. Homebase later made a statement confirming they would not use any further recruits from the scheme, but it seems they have now gone back on their word and have been up to the same tricks at their Willesden branch.
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- Published: 13 July 2013
Stand up together to defend our communities! Rally at full Council meeting - Monday 15 July, 18:30
At 18:30 on Monday 15 July there will be a rally at the Haringey Council meeting held at the Civic Centre, High Rd, N22. All are welcome to demand the resources our communities need - it's OUR Haringey!
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- Published: 11 July 2013
IT'S OUR TOTTENHAM! STREET ASSEMBLY - 12 noon, Wards Corner Market, Tottenham High Road, N15
The Council, backed by property developers and big business, are promoting their ‘Plan for Tottenham’. They want to force us to accept large-scale profit-driven development, increased rents, more unaffordable housing - and the loss of some independent local shops and community facilities. This will seriously affect our lives and our communities, and rising rents will force many local people out of the area.
This is unacceptable. It doesn't have to be like this. Together we are very powerful. We call on local people to speak out for our real needs, and to defend our communities.
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- Published: 02 July 2013
