Market Hill Revamp

The Market Hill Estate is undergoing major improvements as part of a £3.5 million project by North Lincolnshire Homes. The project began in September 2012 and is due for completion by May 2013. It is being done in phases, the first which was completed in April 2012 which saw 35 garages in the area modernised at a cost of £200,000.
The final phase, which is currently underway, sees new pathways, fencing, play areas, signage, street lighting and newly defined entrances along with improved communal areas.

The following picture are a selection taken of the ongoing work.

Bedroom Tax Protest

Welfare reforms will cut the amount of benefit that people can get if they are deemed to have a spare bedroom in their council or housing association home. This measure has applied to housing benefit claimants of working age from 1 April 2013.

The power to reduce housing benefit in this way is contained in the Welfare Reform Act 2012 and is commonly referred to as the bedroom tax, social sector size criteria or under-occupation penalty.

On Saturday 30th March 2013 up to 100 people gathered in Scunthorpe town centre to protest aginst the ‘bedroom tax’. The following are a selection of photo’s depict it.