The plenary session, chaired by Frank Fletcher from Bolton Fed heard from Alf Chandler, Chair. TAROE; George Brumwell, Gen.Sec. UCATT; Jean Geldart, Chair. UNISON Local Gvt. Service Group Executive and Jeremy Corbyn MP.

Between them they explained the government's privatisation agenda in terms of the wider issues of globalisation and talked about the impact of the campaign to date - particularly the growing support over the summer from union conferences and MPs. They outlined the case against privatisation and argued why and how the money for investment could be found. The seperate interests of tenants and council workers and the overriding commond interest were also discussed. Importantly, they also moved the discussion on highlighting a number of ways in which council housing could be improved and challenging the attempt to paint council housing as a 'last option' for those with no other alternative.

Workshops covered 'Building local campaigns' (Alan Walter, Camden DCH), the 'History of the Tenants Movement' (Mike Greenhalf, NE Derbyshire UNISON), 'Using the Media' (Ron Canter, SHOUT) 'Housing Finance' (Dexter Whitfield from the Centre for Public Services) and Nick Strauss, Hackney Fed on 'After Transfer'.

A conference report, policy statement and campaign statement are available as .pdf files. You need Acrobat software - free download - to open these files. There is also a general letter requesting support for the campaign.