Council leader and local MP Stella Creasy under fire over housing proposals where just 20% of homes will be ‘affordable’A new controversy over the exercise of public-private housing schemes has erupted in one of Labour’s north London strongholds, closely mirroring the row in neighbouring Haringey that resulted in the resignation last month of the party’s most senior woman in local government.
Divisions over a flagship regeneration scheme in Walthamstow – now a magnet for younger middle-lesson homebuyers – led to its council leader rebuking shadow chancellor John McDonnell after he publicly suggested that the development plans should be dropped.
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Source: guardian.co.uk