More common sense from a Coalition Council

[sjn2004]

Birmingham City Council will stop giving away housing to asylum seekers so that homeless people in the city stand a chance of getting a home.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-11...

[Puggit]

It's a tiny step, and I suspect too much damage has already been inflicted by 13 years of Labour mis-management.

[heebeegeetee]

The leader of Birmingham council recently spent £2k's worth of taxpayers by staying at The Hyatt on Birmingham despite the only living four miles away and having a chauffeur driven car at his disposal (and our expense).

http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news...

[Andy Zarse]

They only had 124 houses anyway. Surely it would be cheaper to put up the asylumists in a Travelodge in Erdington or somewhere at £19 a night?

[Jasandjules]

Puggit said:

It's a tiny step, and I suspect too much damage has already been inflicted by 13 years of Labour mis-management.

Big trees out of little acorns grow.

[hidetheelephants]

Andy Zarse said:

They only had 124 houses anyway. Surely it would be cheaper to put up the asylumists in a Travelodge in Erdington or somewhere at £19 a night?

Yeah, but that might be deemed cruel and unusual punishment, and the breakfast is definitely in breach of the Hague Chemical Weapons Convention.