Centralised housing authority plan disgust

Condemnation of the plan came from both the Borough and Hillsborough Rural Council.

One member of Hillsborough Council Mr John W. Henderson declared: “it seems that the country is heading for bureaucracy instead of democracy.”

And Mr. David Titterington snapped: “Let us ignore the Government until it puts its own house in order.”

Mayor James Howard declared; “Local Government is what the people want. Local people know loal needs and I would tell the government to be careful before it goes too far.”

And Alderman Samuel Higginson was just as blunt. He said: “These proposals should be resisted by all means at our disposal.”

Councillor James McKeown said: “Nothing so undemocratic has been done in this country since the time of Nazi Germany. I believe Mr. Faulkner has been pressurised by the British Home Secretary and if he was a true man he would resign.”