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“No to Manchesterism built on the backs of renters” — tenants tell Burnham ‘freeze the rents’

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“No to Manchesterism built on the backs of renters” — tenants tell Burnham ‘freeze the rents’

Greater Manchester Tenants Union (GMTU) are holding a demonstration to demand rent freezes from incoming Prime Minister Andy Burnham. Principles and evidence alike support their claims. GMTU’s demo takes place on 17 July at Albert Square at 6pm outside Manchester Town Hall. The event follows the first ever demonstration yesterday outside the proposed site for Burnham’s planned ‘Number 10 North’. Some 20+ organisations attended, demanding ‘More Than Manchesterism‘. The new PM officially takes office on 20 June, having waltzed the Labour leadership remarkably uncontested. He replaces woefully unpopular Keir Starmer, who cried goodbye earlier this week. So much for Number 10…

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Manchester tenants organisers launch Resist Rent Rises campaign

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Manchester tenants organisers launch Resist Rent Rises campaign

Housing expert lawyers Nick Bano and Kate Bradley told a packed GMTU audience in Manchester that the recent Renters’ Rights Act (RRA) is a great foothold, but not the finish line. They balanced joy in the wake of the monumental Act with cautious pessimism about our collective next steps. Greater Manchester Tenants’ Union was buzzing on a recent evening as campaigners, tenants and housing lawyers packed the GMTU offices for the Manchester area launch of the national Resist Rent Rises campaign. Two of the sharpest minds in housing law — Garden Court barrister and Against Landlords author Nick Bano, and Greater…

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