Hackney elections leaflet-watch: Have Greens opposed the building of social housing?
A Labour party leaflet entitled “Why Labour are the best choice to tackle housing crisis” and distributed across the borough, alleges that the Green party opposes building new social homes in London and Bristol. The leaflet makes the claim that “Greens across London have consistently opposed the social housebuilding projects they claim to support” So…
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