Category Archives: Housing

It’s time for the Liberal Democrats in Government to call for the abolition of the "Bedroom Tax"

Posted on September 11, 2013 by caronlindsay

Point 1. If anybody says I should call it the “spare room subsidy”, that argument was lost months back. Point 2. An international housing expert representing not just any international organisation, but the UN, for goodness sake, has recommended that … Continue reading →

Posted in bedroom tax, Housing, Welfare Reform | Leave a comment

Letter from the Leader – Nick Clegg focuses on housing

Posted on November 26, 2012 by caronlindsay

When I worked for an MP as a caseworker, the main problems I dealt with were tax credits, benefits (where the Government departments concerned were never quick to admit their mistakes) and housing. Every week, we’d have several new cases … Continue reading →

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Hume reveals heartbreaking homelessness statistics

Posted on December 28, 2011 by caronlindsay

I’ve long said that I want a Government to decide that it’s going to sort out housing. During my years working for Willie Rennie as his caseworker, by far the biggest tragedy I could see unfolding before me was housing. … Continue reading →

Posted in Alex Neil, Ewan Hoyle, Holyrood, Homelessness, Housing, Jim Hume MSP | 6 Comments

Salmond takes from poor to give to the rich – Rennie

Posted on September 25, 2011 by caronlindsay

A couple of years ago, research commissioned by the Liberal Democrats at Holyrood showed that the net effect of Alex Salmond’s Council Tax Freeze was actually to give more to rich people than to poor people. Then leader Tavish Scott … Continue reading →

Posted in Alex Salmond, Council Tax Freeze, Housing, Willie Rennie | 4 Comments

>Another Daily Mail Fail – and how they could make a difference

Posted on September 27, 2010 by caronlindsay

>I am so behind in my list of things to write about, but I was so angry when I read this article in Friday’s Daily Mail. I don’t like linking to them, but I actually think it’s important that we … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Mail, Housing | 1 Comment

>Is SNP’s new housing scheme any good?

Posted on March 29, 2010 by caronlindsay

>I know it’s early in the morning, and I don’t want to seem churlish or anything, but it seems at first glance that the SNP’s new big idea on affordable housing is a bit like trying to shift 10 tonnes … Continue reading →

Posted in Housing, SNP | 1 Comment

>Holyrood: The Budget Battleground

Posted on January 17, 2010 by caronlindsay

>Last year the SNP Government was only able to get its budget through after a highly dramatic Holyrood showdown. Will the various groups in the Scottish Parliament be able to conduct themselves in a constructive manner this year, working together … Continue reading →

Posted in Annabel Goldie, Budget, Housing, Iain Gray, John Swinney, Patrick Harvie, Tavish Scott | 3 Comments