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HACKNEY NOT FOR SALE
N16 asked Hackney Not 4 Sale to write an article explaining what they're about.
Hackney Not 4 Sale is a group of people with one thing in common - to save Hackney
for the people of Hackney. We have no political affiliation and wave no banners. We have
joined together to alert the public to what is happening in Hackney. We feel the Council
is draining the lifeblood of the borough.
Thanks to years of mismanagement and corruption, Hackney is deeply in debt Every year it
must hand over £70m in interest on its debt of £750m. Its current budget of £240m per
annum must be reduced by £75m over the next three years. This financial year, it is
projected there will be an added deficit of between £13 -£21m making the Council
technically bankrupt. The government has ordered Hackney to put its house in order. To do
this, the Council is slashing and cutting wherever it can.
We stand against the loss of jobs, the lowering of wages, the service cuts, the
privatisation of services, the cutting of grants to community groups and the selling off
of Council properties without consultation. We feel that we the workers and residents of
Hackney are better placed to decide what happens in our borough.
So much is happening in Hackney now that directly affects the lives of every resident. But
it is not easy to get the facts. Hackney, either by design or inefficiency, is
extraordinarily secretive. Those who work for the Council know what threatens them. Those
whose houses are pulled down for smart flats know. Those whose building premises are sold
know. But who knows what is planned in the future? If we pool all the knowledge we have,
we can act together on it. We can stop further damage to our community. With our
newsletter we hope that other groups will keep us informed of what is happening to them.
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We aim to raise awareness, to mobilise and encourage workers and residents to take
direct action where necessary. We regularly picket the Town Hall when cuts are being
discussed at Council meetings, We squatted Atherden Road Nursery and ran it as a community
centre. We squatted an empty shop and opened a spoof estate agency to highlight the
selling of Council properties. We occupied the offices of Nelson Bakewell and later
disrupted their auction We circulate a newsletter sharing all information we can gather on
what is happening in Hackney
Hackney is a diverse and rich community. It is an exciting and exhilarating place to live
and work. Hackney Council is busy wrecking for our children and for our grandchildren. We
need to do it now before it is too late.
To contact Hackney Not 4 Sale phone 07950 539 254, or write to Box 7, 136-8 Kingsland
High Street, London E8 2NS
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