Lib mp defends brighton barracks sale from council over sale of homes

Lib mp defends brighton barracks sale from council over sale of homes

By Simon Jenkins

21 August 2016

Brighton Council has defended a controversial sale of hundreds of homes in the city for £400 million over the next 40 years.

An internal analysis last year revealed the council had failed to consider the potential environmental and social impacts of the sale of over 2,000 residential flats in the city’s affluent Notting Hill area, just 12 miles south of London.

The report, by the housing specialist Econsult and Greenhouse Gas Strategy group, found the sale of the homes was in line with plans to clear the remaining homes remaining in the East End.

As a result, the borough council is currently reviewing the sale of the homes in order to remove „contributory land“ to the planned „London Bridge transformation,“ according to an article published by the Guardian on Thursday.

The move follows a consultation that saw over 350 people participate, with a majority (54 percent) calling for the sale of all or part of the East End.

Citing „new findings“ from the report, Council Deputy Leader John Tressell told the paper, „we are in a position to ensure that all of the flats in the borough are sold to benefit local communities and the economic and social development of Brighton and Hove.“

He added, „We are therefore planning to offer an ongoing commitment to market and protect future supply so that we are never forced to sell these homes.“

Residents of the East End are deeply concerned by what they feel is an unfair and unaccepted offer from the council, which they feel is part of a broader strategy to sell the city’s large estates, including flats and properties of the type bought in the east end, as part of the „London Bridge“ process.

On Tuesday, the Independent Residents‘ A바카라ssociation (IRA) voted overwhelmingly to oppose the sale of nearly 800 homes in the East End and support a public더킹카지노 consultation as a matter of urgency, leading to concerns about the „overwhelming lack of consultation on this development.“

In a letter sent to the Council yesterday, it was highlighted that the council currently plans to sell nearly 80 homes at a cost of £1.8 billion for redevelopment and development of housing in and around the west end, and is now discussing whether to sell another 500 homes in the area.

The deci예스카지노sion to sell will mean the area will be cut in half.

While Brighton council has been under pressure to consider selling the homes as part o

Chinese students at melbourne university target of attacks linked to terrorist group ISIS have claimed responsibility for attacks on Australia’s immigration minister’s and police chief’s apartments in Melbourne and Adelaide last weekend

Chinese students at melbourne university target of attacks linked to terrorist group ISIS have예스카지노 claimed respo바카라사이트nsibility for attacks on Australia’s immigration minister’s and police chief’s apartments in Melbourne and Adelaide last weekend.

The ABC is reporting the attacks were targeted at „Australian politicians“ and that the attackers are believed to be members of a Sydney-based extremist group, the Islamic State in the Arabian Peninsula.

The attacks happened over the weekend in Melbourne and Adelaide where Islamic State leaders have pledged to attack Australia on Friday.

Federal Police confirmed their „all-clear“ and security forces are „currently at heightened level of readiness“.

Malaysian student Razan Hossain said he was „extremely surprised“ and „sad“ by the attacks on Saturday.

„I think that the whole community is very hurt and very upset,“ he said. „We don’t get any kind of protection there.

„So it’s very sad because it would be a shame if it were a coincidence, which is not true, because we are so many friends with Australian community members.“

The ABC contacted Immigration Minister Peter Dutton about the attacks and he was also contacted by Australia’s Premier.

„I know first-hand about the difficulties it is being used for,“ Dr Dutton said.

„I understand that there is concern in this community… But that will be shared by members of the 더킹카지노community.“

Mr Hossain said while he did not see the attack itself, other things he experienced on Saturday showed the level of commitment by Australians to carry out the deadly attack.

„I did notice a group of men with guns that I believe was made by them here from Australia, making sure that nobody could run, and that’s also something I didn’t see that was very uncommon,“ he said.

„But the important part is that people do show leadership and you can see people like a guy, I think he was in the area and we were just sitting there. He ran over there and started shooting.“

Mr Hossain said while he did not have information on the attacks at the time of publication, there were still concerns among other Australian Muslims about the attacks in Australia.

„Obviously I think it’s something that we have to be concerned with,“ he said.

„I would say just by the fact that these people were in Australia for two months we do think there are certain risks, especially since the events are happening on the international stage like we are now.

„I think that people ar

Calls for trade overhaul

Calls for trade overhaul

„It was a sad day when our president chose to attack China after an entire week of hard work on the trade issue,“ Mr Tsai said on Monday in Taipei.

He expressed support for President Barack Obama’s call for tougher rules on trade with the US in this week’s Pacific Economic Co-operation (PEC), and said he hoped a deal between Washington and Taipei could be struck „very soon“.

Speaking in Japan, Mr Tsai said the agreement between China and Japan was more important than the Pacific Association of TPP countries (PAC), a grouping of seven other countries including Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand and Peru, because trade was one of the pillars of Japan’s development as a modern country.

As part of the TPP, Japan, Singapore and New Zealand will set the agenda for global trade, he added.

„It is difficult to compare China to jarvees.comthe rest of these great economies, they have different economies to them,“ Mr Tsai said. „At the same time they have a common language…China is also in a position to deal with other countries to set its own policy.“

He criticised Mr Trump’s suggestion that China was somehow bein바카라g unfair in its trade practices, and urged Beijing not to be naive about its power in the world.

„I hope President Xi Jinping can see through the fake argument which he has used against the US to make it appear like that China is not really one of the TPP members. It’s not like it’s like Japan is a second-largest trading nation,“ Mr Tsai said.

Australia and Mexico stand ready to go further on trade

Australia and Mexico had pledged to move closer to the US, after months of criticism from the Australian government in particular, about how Australia had treated jarvees.comChina, including by making clear it could not be relied on to protect Australia’s national interests.

Mr Tsai praised the leaders, arguing that both had put forward good trade policies and had worked together to advance bilateral ties and „make them better“.

AAP

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