Councils to move LHA claimants out of London - Inside Housing

ukcarper

I believe Hastings is predicted to be one of the worst affected places in the south by the spending review, 43% of workforce in public centre.

StevieJ

1984ReturnsForReal wrote: »

loads of jobs in Hastings.

Arrow makers for example

And eye surgeons

StevieJ

Wouldn't it be a better idea to move them to somewhere with loads of jobs, like err, Central London

Degenerate

ukcarper wrote: »

I believe Hastings is predicted to be one of the worst affected places in the south by the spending review, 43% of workforce in public centre.

Hastings has long been an anomalous area of high unemployment, drug addiction and crime in the South East. Shipping more benefit-dependent people there would be like making it an official ghetto.

vivatifosi

Malcolm. wrote: »

Presumably, over time, those that commute into london from these areas will now be able to live closer to work.

A lot of people live in these areas though precisely because they want to commute to work. 1 hour journey each way max and you can live near the countryside, have better schools for your kids (well before this influx if it happens), have bigger homes with gardens etc, and the area nearby, even in Slough and Luton is really pretty.

StevieJ

vivatifosi wrote: »

A lot of people live in these areas though precisely because they want to commute to work. 1 hour journey each way max and you can live near the countryside, have better schools for your kids (well before this influx if it happens), have bigger homes with gardens etc, and the area nearby, even in Slough and Luton is really pretty.

If I had to work in that hell hole I think I would rather have a 2.5 hour commute oops I promised to keep quiet about the north, we don't wish to be over run by chavs:eek:

olly300

vivatifosi wrote: »

I don't remember reading anywhere that there were loads of spare places in schools in Watford, Slough, Reading or Luton. How's that going to work then?

It's going to be a mess.

I know Slough due to being a place attractive to immigrants has a problem with not enough school places and issues with funding for children with various special needs.

drc

But surely the people being moved have a choice. People talk about them like they are objects. Also, as far as I am aware there isn't a huge fence around Hastings or Watford, so if they are not happy living in a b&b they can always go and seek work/move elsewhere? That's why we are in the EU afterall, freedom of movement. Surely if millions of Eastern Europeans can move thousands of miles to look for work, so can those people currently living in million pound houses in Central London courtesy of the taxpayer if they really don't want to live in Hastings or whereever.

Jowo_2

StevieJ wrote: »

Wouldn't it be a better idea to move them to somewhere with loads of jobs, like err, Central London

heh, heh, heh - that's funny.

Perhaps they found it too hard to get employment as they were competing for cleaning, retail, bar, security and restaurant work with EU migrants who travelled hundreds of miles to get the positions that they couldn't get at the end of their own street...?!

Jowo_2

Degenerate wrote: »

Hastings has long been an anomalous area of high unemployment, drug addiction and crime in the South East. Shipping more benefit-dependent people there would be like making it an official ghetto.

Many seaside destinations became DSS havens simply because they had tonnes of accommodation but UK seaside holiday resorts became out of fashion. Also, they don't tend to have much employment infrastructure to pick up the slack when the tourism diminished.

For example, Brighton is nicknamed DSS on Sea, plus Margate and Blackpool have suffered similar fates.