Sandwell Tenants right to buy

Following years of Labour slowly removing the discounts from council tennants right to buy scheme,  
the Government has set up a information route for the tenants who may be interested in buying their home

Under the new system eligible tenants can claim discounts of up to £75,000 off the value of their home 

take a look at the announcement
http://www.communities.gov.uk/news/newsroom/2186954



The Governments call centre phone number is 0300 123 0913

and the web site     http://righttobuy.communities.gov.uk/


Sandwell Tory said
The report goes on to say that some councils have already reported a surge in applications, but in a survey
approximately 80% of the tenants asked did not even  know there had been a change to the rules

Possible boost for Sandwell jobs

Under the Local Government Finance Bill introduced last year, there are proposals to encourage local authorities to start economic growth in their area

This new legislation changes the local government finance system, with financial measures that the Government is pursuing to support local economies.

This new Bill will and I quote the Governments site

    Enable local authorities to retain a proportion of the business rates generated in their area,
providing them with strong financial incentive for them to promote local economic growth.

    Enable local authorities to carry out Tax Increment Finance, giving them the ability to undertake  borrowing against future business rates growth, supported by the forecast tax increment that accrues from additional development.

Reference
http://www.communities.gov.uk/localgovernment/localgovernmentfinance/lgfinancebill/


Sandwell Tory said , So now its down to the Labour controlled council to see if they use this to bring back jobs and trade to help Sandwell residents it will also help reduce the debt Labour left us with


Here's the actual document

http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/localgovernment/pdf/2146726.pdf

lets wait and see what they do?

No parking tickets from this car park

This was once a thriving car park on the middle of a small shopping area called Great Bridge, it was regularly used and residents from afar used it for the shops, market hall and regular car boot sales.

Then there was a plan! and the plan involved closing the car park and so its been for almost 2 years.

heaven knows what the effect on the local trade has been but some shops have now closed

Sandwell Tory said
I wonder if the "plan" involved the traders business plans?
and as I was asked this morning what happened to the plan?