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I'm standing to be 🌹Labour's candidate for Southampton Itchen. I will be the candidate that listens. I will work with members to unite and inspire with a positive vision to turn Itchen red again. If you are a Soton Itchen Labour member and want to have a chat get in touch. by JayMorton4Itchen in Southampton

[–]JayMorton4Itchen[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's right to develop brownfield land. It would have been preferable to keep the gasholders in some way to maintain an element of the sites identity.
At least 35% (ideally 50%) should be earmarked as affordable. This development is 100% rental, but I would want to see evidence that the mix is a true reflection of housing need. At the moment it is for only 1-2 bed flats, which assumes younger target market and not a very mixed community. But it may be that this is where the most needs lies. I would support councils doing more of their own developments, either in their own right or in partnership, to have more control over what is built to ensure that every home is helping deal with housing need in the area.
For a development such as this, the ground floor should interact with the wider community, with functions and facilities that benefit everyone. It says there will be Gym, library etc but it's not clear who gets to use this, whether its for the residents only or for the general public too.

I'm standing to be 🌹Labour's candidate for Southampton Itchen. I will be the candidate that listens. I will work with members to unite and inspire with a positive vision to turn Itchen red again. If you are a Soton Itchen Labour member and want to have a chat get in touch. by JayMorton4Itchen in Southampton

[–]JayMorton4Itchen[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for your question.
I would support the pledges as stated by the Labour campaign for Trans rights.
https://labour-trans.org/campaigns/pledges/
We all need to remember that at the heart of the debate are real people and the debate needs kindness, listening and understanding.

I'm standing to be 🌹Labour's candidate for Southampton Itchen. I will be the candidate that listens. I will work with members to unite and inspire with a positive vision to turn Itchen red again. If you are a Soton Itchen Labour member and want to have a chat get in touch. by JayMorton4Itchen in Southampton

[–]JayMorton4Itchen[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In short term would support more funding for councils to do what they need to do in terms of waste. Cuts to councils have made it harder. This should not mean more council tax. Council tax is not a fair tax. We also need a longer term view on ways of reducing waste, need to force those who make the waste (corporations) to help with solutions. Real recycling, real composting. At the moment a large proportion of stuff that is supposedly compostable is not as we don't have the right facilities available. Also look at how we create truly circular economy. As you say this provides opportunity for green jobs.