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Labour values public service
Each week in the run-up to the May 4 council elections the
New Journal is offering parties a platform to put their case
to voters. This week: Raj Chada (pictured) of Labour.
LABOUR has ensured Camden citizens are provided with some
of the best services in London.
That is why we have invested extra money to make our residents
safer, with street wardens and patrols and using all the new
legislation. That is why we are regarded as the greenest council
in London, with recycling rates nearly twice those of our neighbours.
It is why we have the second cleanest streets in London. It
is why we have the best schools in inner London.
It is why we have a better council housing service than in Islington
and Westminster, and it is why we fund voluntary sector organisations
more than any other borough in London – all of this with
low council tax rises for the last three years and inflation-only
rises guaranteed to 2008.
There is more to do. As a new council leader, I will ensure
we move forward. We will have extra street warden patrols with
more CCTV. We will have more school places with a massive refurbishment
of our schools. We will expand our youth and leisure services
– with free swimming for under-16s and over-60s. We will
invest in council housing.
Politics is about choice. My choice is clear against the Tories,
who privatise by principle and divert money from those who need
it, and against Lib Dem opportunism. To different audiences
they will say whatever you want to hear (apart from tough decisions
that will actually fight crime or tackle inequality).
My choice is for a progressive party with Labour values of public
service, prepared to stand up for its residents, prepared to
fight central government, Thames Water, the Royal Free Hospital
or whoever else to get the best deal for residents.
If residents share my vision, if they value this, they have
to get out and vote Labour. |
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