Labour’s programme

Published: 29 April, 2010

• NEXT week sees not only the national elections, but elections for who runs the council.
Labour is committed to a progressive programme after four years of a Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition at the Town Hall. 
The administration have sold off council homes to professional speculators.
They have diverted money away from primary schools serving the most deprived wards.
They have used the issue of a secondary school in the south as political football.
Meals on wheels and after-school club fees have increased, leading to fewer people using these services.
Our policies include:
• helping people on Camden’s housing waiting lists by stopping the shameful council housing sell-off to private speculators;
• supporting the campaign to build a secondary school south of Euston Road and reinstate funding for rebuilding at primary schools like Edith Neville, Netley,
St Dominics and Carlton primary schools;
• providing a boost to youth clubs and Camden football teams by developing more football pitches;
• placing a check on senior town hall pay and introduce a living wage for the lowest paid;
• reducing carbon emissions by 40 per cent by 2020;
• protecting advice services that help the vulnerable manage debt during the recession.
Our manifesto is available at www.camdenlabour.org.uk Our Labour team comes from all across Camden.
We are in politics because we want to make a difference to our local community.
We urge people to think deeply about how they vote, as we should all fear the consequences – whether by design or by accident – of the “triple threat” a Tory majority government, a Tory London mayor and a Conservative-run or dominated Town Hall on May 7.
I was brought up on the Regent’s Park estate. I attended local schools, as do my children.
I work in Camden.
I believe that the next generation should have the same opportunities which Camden Labour has provided for me.
CLLR NASIM ALI
Leader of the
Camden Labour Group