council | Novara Media

Tag: council

An aerial shot of large boats docked at Portsmouth International Port

Feature: How One Councillor’s Vote Saved Portsmouth Port From Privatisation

Aaron Bastani

Local government matters, writes Aaron Bastani, and Portsmouth Port proves it. In 1990, it was saved from privatisation by just one vote. Now it makes the city £8m a year.

Balfron Tower

Report: ‘It’s a Scandal’: How Property Developers Failed to Sell a Single Flat in Balfron Tower

Ella Jessel

Social tenants were ‘decanted’ from the iconic east London tower block so their flats could be sold for profit. Now nobody wants to buy them.

three women in blue, black and maroon suits wave at the cameras

Opinion: Neoliberal Politicians Are Destroying Glasgow

Jonathon Shafi

Privatisation-loving council leader Susan Aitken once partnered with McDonald's to organise volunteer-run clean-ups as she slashed refuse collection budgets. Now she's charging locals £50 to have their garden waste collected. Jonathon Shafi on the crisis unfolding in Glasgow.

A far-right protester at a demonstration outside a hotel in Rotherham.

Feature: Asylum Seekers in South London Are Resisting Removal to a Bedfordshire Hotel Targeted by the Far Right

Charlotte England

A group of asylum seekers has been resisting eviction from a south London hotel for the last three weeks. But layers of outsourcing mean they don't even know who's trying to move them. Charlotte England reports.

Refurbishment Is the Dirty Word We Should Be Using, Just Look at the Achilles Street Estate

Andy Worthington

As Lewisham council begins balloting residents over the proposed destruction and 'regeneration' of their housing estate, Andy Worthington calls into question the lavish promises the tenants have been made.

Another Lewisham Is Possible: Overcoming Housing Crisis and the Democratic Deficit

Franck Magennis

Unwilling to tolerate the democratic deficit, local people in Lewisham are organising to ensure their voices are heard in taking on powerful housing development companies bent on gentrifying the local area.

Build
people-
powered
media.

Build people-powered media.

We’re up against huge power and influence. Our supporters keep us entirely free to access. We don’t have any ad partnerships or sponsored content.

Donate one hour’s wage per month—or whatever you can afford—today.

Join our supporters

We’re up against huge power and influence. Our supporters keep us entirely free to access. We don’t have any ad partnerships or sponsored content.

Donate one hour’s wage per month—or whatever you can afford—today.

Join our supporters

Build people-powered media. We’re up against obscene wealth and influence in the media. Fund independent, truthful journalism

Fund something better

We are always working to improve this website for our users. To do this we use usage data facilitated by cookies and external services. For more information read our Privacy Policy

Accept