Big response to local campaigns, say Tottenham Conservatives 23/10/04

After distributing more than 15,000 newsletters - On The Ladder, Seven Sisters News and Take Hart - across three Tottenham wards, Tottenham Conservatives say they have been inundated with support for their local campaigns.

In White Hart Lane, an area which is plagued by people dumping rubbish, 80 residents have so far replied to back their campaign to scrap the Labour council's £15 tax on collecting bulky household items, such as old 'fridges and mattresses.

Conservatives are also campaigning to re-open the roads in the "Gardens", south of St. Ann's Road, and have accused the current Administration of imposing draconian and "Soviet-style" traffic measures. Over 50 Ladder residents have written/emailed to back the campaign to re-open the
Gardens.

In Seven Sisters, Conservatives have received over 40 responses (to date) backing their campaign for more visible policing.They say that anti-social behaviour, especially around the tube station, is 'on the up'. Just a few months ago, a synagogue was vandalised in Crowland Road - no arrests have yet been made.

Justin Hinchcliffe, Chairman of Tottenham Conservatives, said:

"We are running positive campaigns across Tottenham to make our area cleaner, greener and safer. We are delighted that so many local residents have supported us. It's clear that residents want Labour to scrap their £15 tax on unwanted household items, to re-open the Gardens, improve the traffic flow in Green Lanes, stop 'rat-running', ease congestion and to cut out police bureaucracy which is so detrimental to visible policing. Local Conservatives will continue to harry the Council until they are made to see sense".

ENDS.