Green Party

We have stalled building sites and freezing homes across the capital that would be helped by more focused spending. Building and refurbishing homes would create more jobs, help local economies, and make a real difference to Londoners.

Unemployment means we are witnessing an appalling waste of two-and-a-half million lives. There is a real danger that cuts to public spending might fail to seize this opportunity and even cause unemployment to rise again.

A much bigger and faster London-wide programme to upgrade the energy performance of all homes could create up to 15,000 new jobs for builders, joiners, plumbers, electricians, roofers, heating and structural engineers and builders' supply merchants. Their work would lead to an 80% reduction in domestic emissions.

Whilst the cost of buying a home has dropped very slightly, it's tipped to rise far above incomes for another decade. Building more low-cost homes could stem the loss of jobs and help Londoners secure a home they can afford.

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Richard Lawson
Posts: 2

No html here then
Reply #2 on : Thu February 11, 2010, 19:26:43

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Oops, here's the link, sans clutter:
http://http://www.greenhealth.org.uk/GreenWageSubsidy.htm/

Richard Lawson
Posts: 2

Unemployment is unnecessary
Reply #1 on : Wed February 10, 2010, 13:29:17

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Darren, you're not wrong. And unemployment is <a href="http://http://www.greenhealth.org.uk/GreenWageSubsidy.htm/">unnecessary in a green economy.</a>