Community Voice Carlisle: POST-BREXIT AND THE NEW ELITE

Community Voice Carlisle: POST-BREXIT AND THE NEW ELITE: Buoyant UKIP targets housing fat cats DOUGLAS CARSWELL MP The exit from Europe gathers pace and in these fast c...

POST-BREXIT AND THE NEW ELITE

Buoyant UKIP

targets

housing

fat cats

DOUGLAS CARSWELL MP

The exit from Europe gathers pace and in these fast changing times, even  housing associations are being involved . Their tenants are now wondering how long their fat cat bosses will continue  to purr.

The  spotlight moved to these tenants as the politicians debate-and plot- ways to to move forward amid the  debris left by last week`s  historic referendum.One of the most active in this debate is leading UKIP  politician Douglas Carswell M.P.

Mr Carswell is elated at UKIP`s success and its increasing influence in a post-Brexit Britain. UKIP is striving to to widen its appeal to voters and as part of that process, Mr Carswell  recalled some of the scandals his party has attacked. Among these is the scandal of the fat cat bosses of housing associations... their grossly excessive salaries.

A UKIP report he prepared a few weeks ago reveals that the chief executives of the 20 biggest associations took home an average pay of £264,000 in 2014-2015 – up 5 per cent on the year.The report branded  housing association as a cartel with a stunning lack of accountability

It demanded a Government investigation into the taxpayer funding of the sector. It claimed that housing chief executives have become the new elite, enriching themselves at the public expense off the backs of the poor.

Carlisle Tenants` and Residents` Federation has attacked the fat cat pay scandal for many years. Its  attacks have been directed mainly against  one  of those leading housing associations, the Liverpool based Riverside. It owns 50,000  homes nationwide and with 6,000 homes in Carlisle is the city`s biggest landlord.

Up to fairly recently, the Chief  Executive was paid £230,000 year which is about 50 per cent more than the Prime Minister. But massive public criticism- including attacks from Community Voice Carlisle- has  forced a cut-back.

The present chief executive, Ms Carol Matthews  is paid 
 £183,781




Carlisle Tenants` and Residents` Federation publishes this blog. Information about the Federation is available on 01228 522277 or 01228 532803.


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