Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Vote for Harringay LABOUR Action Team – May 22nd 2014
With your support and confidence behind us on May 22nd you can help build a fairer Harringay, a fairer Borough and send a clear message that the residents of Harringay ward believe in social justice, community cohesion, the opportunity for all to thrive and equality.
Our key priorities for the borough:
- We will freeze Council Tax for four more years
- We will invest £25million improving our pavement and roads making them more pedestrian and cyclist friendly
- Every school and childcare setting will be rated good or outstanding by Ofsted
- We will invest £1million putting more police on our streets
- We will deliver over 1,000 new affordable homes 250 of which will be built by the council
Labour’s Record in Harringay
- Campaigned on parks – making Ducketts Common, Fairland Park and Finsbury Park safer, cleaner and with more equipment. We have also secured money from the GLA for Harringay’s Pocket Park – improving the local environment between Allison Rd and the Salisbury Pub
- Tackled rouge landlords, with tough action like taking bad landlords to court. We have also secured tougher regulations in Harringay ward and new restrictions on converting properties in to smaller flats.
- Campaigned for the investment of record money into roads to improve the local environment for cyclists and pedestrians.
- Expanded the play streets scheme where a local road can be closed for a few hours allowing children and families in Harringay to play and have fun safely outside.
- Funding has been secured for 6 new roaming police officers
- We have secured a much needed pedestrian crossing on Green Lanes
- We have successfully campaigned for a new fixed camera on Wightman Rd to stop large lorries (HGVs) breaking weight restrictions and using the ladder as a rat run
We have also
- Fought for and increased support for the credit union to tackle legal and illegal loans sharks. Every child starts secondary school in Haringey will get a £20 credit union account to teach them about saving and the dangers of debt and ‘legal loan sharks’
- Supported Haringey 40:20 & plans to lower carbon emissions
- Campaigned for protecting and improving our local libraries – we are proud that Labour in Haringey has protected libraries despite unprecedented budget cuts from central government
How the Liberal Democrat record damages Harringay locally
- Backing to cuts to Haringey services 13 times deeper than Tory boroughs like Richmond. This has decimated parts of the voluntary sector.
- Supporting the pernicious ‘Bedroom Tax’, hitting hundreds of disabled people
- Supporting police cuts that have seen 130 officers lost from Haringey’s streets.
- Supporting the privatisation of our NHS and putting local health services at risk
People in Harringay believe in fairness and social justice and the Liberal Democrats have abandoned that all together. They have supported Pickles, Duncan Smith and Osborne all the way.
The Liberal Democrats talk down Harringay but they have no positive vision for improving the ward or the borough and dealing with the big challenges. The Liberal Democrats in Harringay ward offer support for their party’s legacy of broken promises and Harringay Labour offer the opportunity for residents to help us build and support a fairer more inclusive community.
We want to see improvements to the local environment which means tougher action on landlords, betting shops, planning and licensing breaches. We also want to see improved safety for pedestrians and will continue to campaign for a crossing at Alroy Rd, traffic calming measures and improvements to pavements and roads.
Please use all three of your votes on May 22nd for Harringay Labour.
Cllr Gina Adamou
Emine Ibrahim
James Ryan
The Labour Party Candidates for Harringay Ward
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Replies to This Discussion
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Permalink Reply by John D on
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't it LibDem councillors who secured the pedestrian crossing on Green Lanes and the camera on Wightman Rd ?
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Permalink Reply by Cllr Emina Ibrahim on
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No that's simply not true
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There is public realm information of how the crossing was funded and the scheme it came under. If claims are being made that the crossing was installed as a result of an individuals campaign that's basically not true and would challenge the integrity of such fantastical claims - I am also certain that all those who worked so hard to secure the work would feel extremely angry. However if the Liberal Democrats have evidence of seperate bids they made or private lobbying I would be happy to see it. I would also be happy to retract if I see evidence of communications from decision makers confirming Liberal Democrat responsibility for their decision. I totally support the right of individual Cllrs and campaigners to promote their contribution to raising issues hence why we are telling you about what Labour has done.
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Permalink Reply by John McMullan on
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David Schmitz has been campaigning on here for years for that crossing. Even if he wasn't the one who got it in the end I think you look bad claiming it for "The Labour Party" just because they were in control of the council when it was installed.
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The source of the funding and the process by which it was delivered is a matter of public record open to public scrutiny. As I said in previous postings copy pasting responses on to here is useful however it does not build a crossing. Resources do however - I write about lots of things it does not mean that when something happens it's because of me!! Putting words in to action well that's the difference. I am not saying that David did not share the desire for the crossing or did not express the desire for the crossing on many occasions. That would be a lie and would make me look bad.
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Permalink Reply by phippsofacto on
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I would like to know what Labour's part in the Wightman Road camera was. I seem to remember lots of engagement from a councillor of a different political persuasion.
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Myself Gina and James raised the issue the HGV's with John Bevan constantly. I am sure others did too and would be surprised if they hadn't. The council is a Labour administration as the Lib Dems constantly remind us. Can't have it both ways can they can't say they installed it or built the pedestrian crossing because it's simply untrue - in fact they supported the jaw dropping budget cuts which makes their claims for wanting improvements rather strange. Most people know all this when we speak to them. We speak to people on doors face to face - granted we don't always come on here and copy and paste emails - it does not mean that when issues are raised we do not fight to resolve it we do and on this occasion it was successful. These are the facts and we stand by them.
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Could you raise with John Bevan the fact that there is no effective 7.5 T signage at the North end of Wightman and that consequently, any action against HGV drivers would probably fail ?
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That will be a yes. I don't think that static camera is enough actually just a start
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Permalink Reply by Alan Stanton on
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Your loyalty to colleagues does you credit, Emine.
But in all seriousness, James Ryan as a councillor ?
(Tottenham Hale councillor)
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Karen may have pushed for it too no one is claiming otherwise. I am not of the view like others of saying "me me me I did it". The council did it - why the need for personal aggrandisement? It just comes across like there is a lack of ability to work together. That's the difference with Labour we believe in collectivism and that people work better together. We never jump up and down like children in this way trying to claim personal credit. This is simply part of what has been achieved in Harringay. Residents had a huge role too and of course Karen did she lives on Wightman Rd ! It clearly effects her directly
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