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A LONDON school was forced to move its playground to the building’s roof as a result of the Tory ban on new community school sites.
The school in Waltham Forest was forced to relocate its playground to the roof in order to build new classrooms on its only open space.
The Local Government Association’s (LGA) decision is among desperate measures revealed yesterday taken by schools to find space for local kids.
by Nana Backland, Merseyside Morning Star Readers & Supporters Group
Years of underfunding are eroding Scotland’s local services and deepening inequality in communities, says VINCE MILLS
LOTTE COLLETT welcomes the arrival of a new party for the left, a vehicle for councils to finally fight for progressive policies on housing, green spaces and public facilities, rather than administering cuts and misery from central government