Newham s 2020/21 budget includes £169million worth of investment in new council homes and £70m to improve others.
Ms Austin claimed: Instead of providing social housing, the council relies on the good offices of big property developers.
In September, Mayor Rokhsana Fiaz called for changes to national policy and proper funding to help local authorities build affordable homes.
In the last 25 years, Newham has lost 9,000 dwellings under the right to buy scheme. The mayor said at the time that the council is on track to build 1,000 homes.
Ms Austin said: The council shamefully allowed East Ham Market Hall to be demolished. The vast majority of homes being built will not be affordable. We say no to gentrification and big business land grabs.
Sandersons Boutique opened for the first time in Stroud today, Wednesday, at Five Valleys Shopping Centre. The store hosts luxury brands like Barbour, Holland Cooper, Max Mara, Tommy Hilfiger, Gran Sasso and Jacob Cohen Jeans. Ladies and men’s wear, bags and accessories, gifts, shoes, and homeware are available in Sandersons, as well as a number of perfume brands usually only available in London. Every shopper between April 14 and 18 will be entered into a prize draw to win a £500 Sandersons voucher, and the first 100 customers will receive a goody bag and complementary prosecco. Sandersons is run by CEO Mark Dransfield, the managing director of Dransfield Properties who own the Five Valleys Centre.
‘D-Day’ for Stroud with Five Valley’s Shopping Centre reopening
It is difficult to sum up how important retail reopening is for Stroud’s Five Valleys shopping centre and its businesses, but centre manager Dionne Moore captures it well when she describes it as their D-Day.
Dionne Moore, centre manager of Five Valleys in Stroud, with Mark Dransfield, managing director of the shopping centre’s owner, Dransfield Properties.
Dionne Moore, centre manager of Five Valleys in Stroud.
Centre manager Dionne Moore has never shied away from championing Five Valleys Shopping Centre, but now it has reopened she is confident Stroud’s new-look retail destination will speak for itself – as it joins the nation’s retailers reopening for business.
Sandersons boutique will officially open in Stroud tomorrow. The new store, located in the Five Valleys Centre, held a preview event for VIPs this morning (Tuesday) ahead of Wednesday s grand opening. Sandersons will host a number of luxury brands including Barbour, Holland Cooper, Max Mara, Tommy Hilfiger, Gran Sasso and Jacob Cohen Jeans. It will also have a number of perfume brands usually only available in London. The interior of the store has been modelled on buildings located in the Meatpacking District of New York. Sandersons was founded in 2016 by the late Deborah Holmes. Her husband Mark Dransfield, the managing director of Dransfield Properties who own the Five Valleys Centre, has since taken on the role of Sandersons CEO.
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