March 1st, 2010 by Mark Rusling

A number of residents from Eden Road have contacted us about dog fouling on their street. This problem – a Lib Dem responsibility on the Council – is not being tackled effectively. If residents are concerned about dog fouling, they should contact Alan Shaw, the Council’s enviro-crime enforcement manager, at alan.shaw@walthamforest.gov.uk. Copy in Lib Dem Cllr Bob Belam, who is responsible for street cleaning – cllr.bob.belam@walthamforest.gov.uk.

Labour has pledged an extra £500,000 for street cleaning and £100,000 to tackle dog crime as part of our local manifesto. Let us know if you would like more details.

February 18th, 2010 by Mark Rusling

Residents on Tower Hamlets Road have been in touch to complain about the amount of dog mess on their street. We’re working with the council’s enforcement unit to identify the dog owners and hold them to account. We need more dog patrols in the ward – Labour has pledged £100,000 extra funding for dog wardens in Waltham Forest, which will definitely help.

Let us know if things get better, or if we need to step up our efforts.

February 7th, 2010 by Mark Rusling

We spent much of this morning and afternoon on The Drive, talking to residents about crime and your concerns about Ascham Homes. Many residents were worried about gangs of youths in the area, particularly after dark. You also told us about your difficulties in contacting Ascham Homes and arranging for repair work to your properties. We heard of the problems caused by homeless people sleeping in disused garages in the area.

We are working with the police to increase patrols on The Drive and Attlee Terrace. You can contact the Hoe Street Safer Neighbourhood Team on 020 8721 2642.

Labour has also pledged an extra £200,000 to combat attack dogs in Waltham Forest – this money will directly benefit residents on The Drive.

We know that there have been a lot of problems with Ascham Homes. We are investigating ways of making them work better for residents, and we are looking to the new Chief Executive to improve Ascham Homes’ performance.

January 31st, 2010 by Mark Rusling

Over the last six months, Saima, Ahsan and I have knocked on every door in Hoe Street ward. We have listened to your concerns and views of where we are working well and where we could do better. We are putting together the Labour manifesto for the council elections at the moment and I think we’ve got some pretty strong policies.

We will be reducing residents’ parking fees and will be offering more free visitors’ permits. This will help everybody who has friends and family visiting them, even if you don’t own a car yourself.

We are pledging £500,000 extra for street cleaning. We know that the streets in Walthamstow can be filthy – street cleaning is a Liberal Democrat responsibility, and it is one that they don’t live up to. The extra money won’t go to Kier – it will go directly into improving services for our residents.

There will also be more money to combat attack dogs in the ward, and we are starting to build council housing for the first time since 1981.

So, good news for people in the ward – but you have to vote Labour for us to implement it! Let us know what you think – our contact details are on this website.