Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Haringey Parks
According to a recent Labour information Sheet. Haringey has 25 such Parks under it's Control
Aware over the years they have lost Keepers and in most cases any staff on site apart from the real Large Parks - Finsbury Park and Alexander Palace - I am sure that Alexandra Palace has a different Set up
Have seen and herd that most are in a bad state - Rubbish and bad state of repair. As most are serviced by mobile teams and Funds are very limited
Also issues at Finsbury Park over last Music Festival. Noise / Drugs issues etc. And loss of Park use for regulars
Sure I saw something about Certain Parks being let Out of Event Companies.
And correctly Rate Payers are not pleased about the State of Parks and their Safety while using their Parks
Yes there are Funding Issues as within any Council Run Services.
But surely its Time that Our elected Councillors Herd from their Paymasters - The Local Electorate
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Permalink Reply by Bob Ruggles on
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Well aware of Damage at Finsbury Park. Years ago before Cuts used to be a Senior Park Keeper there. When Concerts first Started. Was well Documented. But Council Cried it needed it needed the income
Sure I read a Report that there is suggestions that certain Haringey Parks are looked at being turned into Event Areas.
Seems that with Government Cuts that Local Authorities can not Fund them
According todays Countryfile programme. Seems its Not Only Local Parks under threat. As National Parks are also suffering lack of Funding
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Permalink Reply by Chris Setz on
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Cllrs have to make the cuts or the govt will take them over and do worse.
from https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-45124215 on 9th Aug 18:
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Analysis by BBC Political Reporter Brian Wheeler
In Tory mythology it is free-spending "loony left" Labour councils that get into financial difficulties, not prudent Conservative ones.
The reality has never been quite like that. The last time a council went bankrupt, in Hackney, East London, in 2000, it was run by a Labour/Tory coalition.
But there is more to the Northamptonshire County Council crisis than embarrassment for Theresa May's government - although that is acute enough, given that the council stuck rigidly to the government's spending guidelines.
Local councils have borne the brunt of austerity, with central government funding falling by about half since 2010.
If, as some predict, it is not the last council to go under, this will become a national crisis, not a local one, something Labour has been predicting for a long time.
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The way to fix this is to increase the budget given to parks by central government so it is statutory and covers the costs, but the Tories won't.
Still people are campaigning for it:
https://www.natfedparks.org.uk/campaigns
so it might happen if there's a change in government.
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