Category Archives: young people

Housing difficulties on Croydon’s young people mount

Posted on November 15, 2015 by seancreighton1947

A young person aged 18-24 needs a deposit of £30,000 and an annual income of £42,000 (assuming a mortgage agreed of 4 times income) to buy a one bedroom flat in Croydon, based on the current entry level price of … Continue reading →

Posted in homelessness, Housing, leaving care, mortgage costs, rents, Scrutiny, young people | Leave a comment

Come and hear John McDonnell on the alternative to Tory slash and burn

Posted on November 1, 2015 by seancreighton1947

‘Tories have no answer for slowdown. Corbynomics does’. This is the message socialist economists are giving as they help Labour Leader Jeremy Corby and Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell develop their alternative approach to the Conservatives austerity attack on low and … Continue reading →

Posted in apprenticeships, Benefits, climate change, Croydon Assembly, Croydon TUC, Democracy, Education, Fairness Commission, Housing, John McDonnell, Local Economy, NHS, Pensions, Racism, refugees, young people | Leave a comment

Black History Events and News at 1 November

Posted on November 1, 2015 by seancreighton1947

Thursday 12 November. 7.30pm. Masters of the Airwaves  Without pirate radio, British pop music would not contain successful exports such as Sade, Mica Paris, Soul II Soul, Floetry, Dizzee Rascal, Estelle and Emeli Sandé. Chart the history of black music … Continue reading →

Posted in African edia, Booker Washington, Coleridge-Taylor, Eric Huntley, First World War, James Alves, Kwaku, Music, Muslim soldiers, Okiem, pirate radio, Royal Normal College for the Blind, trenches, Walter Rodney, young people | Leave a comment