No Government Promises on Housing

Fourteen days is a long time when it comes to promises made by New Labour.
Just two weeks ago we had Deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott, pounding the pavements in Lowerhouse and Trinity promising that Burnley would be the benefactor of a new housing scheme that would transform the town.
'Two Jags John' was after Labour votes and the sky was the limit as far as his promises went. But it was back down to earth this week with the elections now out of the way. On Wednesday Housing Minister, Lord Falconer, came and saw for himself the problems of poor housing and empty homes in the Burnley Wood area.
The Housing Minister had no magic wand and immediately poured cold water on the Deputy Prime Minister's fanciful ideas.
"I cannot commit the Government on the matter of finance to tackle the problem, and I'm only here to make sure that they have all the relevant information when decisions are made".
But Burnley Wood residents are not in the mood for any more broken Labour promises.
"There are elections again in May", one resident told Burnley Bravepages,"Labour will get a big shock if they think we can be fobbed off this easily."




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