The London County Council, along with many other local mthor ities throughout Britain has had its education estimates cout by the Tory Minister of Education, The L,.C.C. planned twenty-five school tmilding projects in London for the last year of its 1960-65 programme, costing about £3 millions, Only two of the projects have been approved by the erp grey which with the balance of the previous programme adds up to only £816,500.
Thera are two key amendments to the London Labour Party Conference resolutions. The conference takes place at the 03d of this month, on March 30th and 3lst, Hackney Central Labour Party has amended the the Executive Committee resolution which “views with deep concern the acute fi shortage of houses and flats for letting in London and Middlesex, the poor standard of amenity in a high proportion of the privately let dwellings, and the growing nurber of homeless families in London caused by the creeping 'de-control! provisions of the Rent Act" and goes on to advance six detailed items of policy for the treatment of old houses, Hacknoy"s;nmendmont is as follows : "This conference also calls upon local Housing Authorities in the London area to pool their resources for the purpose of prefabricating housing parts by means of diroct labour. We consider that mich amalgamation could accelerate tuilding programmes, reduce costs and enable there to be greater variety in design and materials."
To the North Paddington Labour Party resolution which reads "we eall on the London Labour Party tocall a special conference of Housing Committees of Labour Groups of Local Authorities in the London area, to prepares a three year plan for raising housing production in co-oporation with the Building Trades Union for oxtension of Direct Labour schomesessss Norwood Labour Party has added ¢ “seexees with the formation of London lacal authorities into a consortium to undertake research, design, construction and co-ordination of direct labour schemes,"
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