Wednesday, 23 May 2012

Capital fears decent homes backlash

15/01/2010 | By Chloë Stothart

A paper, by London Councils’ Decent Homes Group, said that heads of housing in some boroughs fear angry residents could vote for ‘non-mainstream’ political parties in spring’s local and general elections in protest.

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