http://www.lcap.org.uk Thu, 05 Aug 2010 17:25:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A spokesperson from Hackney Housing Group, part of London Coalition Against Poverty (LCAP), said: “Hackney Housing Group urges the coalition government to strongly reconsider David Cameron’s plan to end lifetime council tenancies. This plan, if put into action, will intimidate thousands of people who will never know whether their future in ... http://www.lcap.org.uk/?p=348 ... as locally money is left unspent and nationally there are cuts to housing benefit. Where is our £15 million worth of housing? Hackney Council's response to the housing crisis ­is to not bother spending the housing budget! In the Hackney Gazette on the 15th July it was reported that Hackney Council failed ... http://www.lcap.org.uk/?p=340 Benefits are our right, not charity! No to workfare “Work for your benefits” schemes Working Links doesn't work! Wed 16th June, 11am, outside Working Links on Mare St Join Hackney Unemployed Workers group for the Defend Welfare network's national day of action. We will be outside Working Links on Mare Street, exposing the private ... http://www.lcap.org.uk/?p=327 in aid of London Coalition Against Poverty on: 5th June from 4.30pm (straight after Hackney Unites event) at: 17 Lilian Close N16 0SG (behind Barbauld Rd, 3 min walk from Stoke Newington School) bring: unwanted (but useable!) clothes, jewellery, furniture, toys, bric-a-brac, music, films, games shoes and smiles free tea, coffee and biscuits. children ... http://www.lcap.org.uk/?p=324 After the ‘great success’* of the last one, Hammer and Tongue and Hackney Unemployed Workers again combine to present a dinner and poetry benefit night on: Tuesday 25th May from 6pm – 11pm at Pogo Cafe 76 Clarence Road, London, E5 8HB** Featuring some of London’s top spoken word performers: Angry Sam, Rebellion between the lines Tim ... http://www.lcap.org.uk/?p=322 Our eyes are on Durban, but not for the World Cup Today, Friday 14 May, a deputation from London Coalition Against Poverty visited the South African High Commission to deliver a message in solidarity with their sister group in Durban, the shackdwellers' movement,  Abahlali baseMjondolo. Even with the world's attention focused ... http://www.lcap.org.uk/?p=319 London Coalition against Poverty, Hackney Housing Group On Friday 9 April the Housing Group held a fast outside Hackney Town Hall to highlight our campaign and show that we are so desperate for decent housing we will all go on hunger strike! 10 members of the Housing Group fasted with other LCAP members supporting us. [gallery ... http://www.lcap.org.uk/?p=305 LCAP members visited the picket lines of workers from the Public and Commercial Services Union outside Hackney Jobcentres. We support the strike and stand with them against the government’s attacks on staff compensation. We know that the attacks on workers compensation are part of the same attack on the welfare ... http://www.lcap.org.uk/?p=303 As part of the Hackney Unemployed Workers Group's continued activity to promote true understanding of how to combat the oppressive welfare system in the UK, a training and information day has been organised for Saturday the 27th of February at Navarino Mansions Community Hall, Dalston, near Hackney Downs station (google ... http://www.lcap.org.uk/?p=298 On June 13th 2009, Christelle Pardo and her son, Kayjah, tragically died falling from the sixth floor of one of Hackney’s temporary accommodation hostels. The reason? All of Christelle Pardo's benefits were cut off by the Department for Work and Pensions; after her application for Income Support was rejected she ... http://www.lcap.org.uk/?p=296