Labour Bungalow?- Don't Book That Removal Van Just Yet, Rafique!

If Burnley's Deputy Mayor, Rafique Malik, had earmarked for himself one of those new, extra large, bungalows that Burnley's Labour Council plans to build for the town's 'Pakistani Elders', then he better brace himself for possible disappointment.

BNP councillors, elected in May, will almost certainly veto any further funding for Daneshouse ward, and Labour's £750,000 'Housing For Extended Families' project, as outlined under their Capital Investment Proposals, will certainly face the chop.

Labour want to spend £1.75 million on housing ethnic minority families. As well as the provision for six large sized bungalows for 'Asian' elders, they will spend £900,000 on "larger sized and reasonably rented accommodation for larger sized families, particularly to reduce overcrowding amongst ethnic minority households".

These proposals from the Housing Needs and Strategy Unit are in addition to the massive £16 million that they intend to spend on Daneshouse ward over the next five years. The rest of Burnley gets just £12.5 million.

British National Party candidates, campaigning on their 'Fighting For Fairer Funding' platform, are pledging to scrap Labour's Capital Investment Proposals and to direct these precious resources to the areas that have been left to decay by Labour.

"Don't book that removal van just yet, Rafique", was some sound advice being offered to Burnley's Deputy Mayor.






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