Monday 3 February 2014

Tories are taxing poor while ignoring 'Billionaires Row' scandal, says Labour | Society | The Guardian

Tories are taxing poor while ignoring 'Billionaires Row' scandal, says Labour | Society | The Guardian:
Bishops Avenue
At least £350m worth of property is sitting unused on The Bishops Avenue in north London. Photograph: Graeme Robertson
"At least £350m worth of property is sitting unused in The Bishops Avenue, the so-called Billionaires Row. The vacant and often ruined properties include 10 mansions previously owned on behalf of the Saudi royal family that have not been lived in for up to 25 years. The situation prompted local anger at the weekend. Phoenix Rainbow, a housing activist and community organiser in the London borough of Barnet, which includes the avenue, said it showed "gross mismanagement of the space we have in this country"."

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  1. Anonymous3 March 2014 at 10:18

    It is not just the Conservatives. The Labour Council are pulling down affordable housing in North Southwark to build multi-million pound flats for foreign investors. Near us a 1 bedroom flat costs £3.5million. The council leader has private dinn

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