Government Policy on Housing Tenancies will Choke Aspiration and Create Ghettos

Construction union UCATT have condemned Government plans to cut the length of council housing tenancies fearing it will create ghettos. Under the Government’s proposals tenants will be offered tenancies lasting as little as two years, if after that period their financial circumstances have improved, they will be evicted from their homes.

UCATT Statement on Further 1,800 Redundancies at Rok

Commentating on the announcement today (Tuesday 16th November ) that a further 1,800 workers at Rok are to be made redundant: Alan Ritchie, General Secretary of construction union UCATT, said: “This is a devastating blow for the workers and their families. It is becoming increasingly clear that the Government’s spending cuts are having a highly detrimental effect on the construction industry.”