Lib Dem leader joins calls for rethink on Haringey homes

By Chloë McCulloch and Dave Rogers2018-06-29T06:00:00

Vince Cable labels scheme a ‘very bad development’ and says council should tear up its deal with Lendlease

Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable is the latest political leader to call for a rethink on Haringey council’s plans to build thousands of homes in north London in joint venture with Lendlease.

The developer will find out next month whether the new Labour administration in the borough will junk its controversial £2bn plan which has claimed the scalp of a former council leader and seen Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn wade into the row last month.

Now Cable has also entered the debate and said the council needs to tear up its deal with Lendlease and start again.

He told Building: “A lot of these urban regeneration schemes have been quite damaging. They may have made money for the council [in question] but they have been damaging for the social mix.”

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