Barnet is being transformed under its first majority Labour administration – becoming cleaner, greener, safer and more ambitious.

In little over two years in office, Barnet Labour has:

–            Replaced the CCTV left seventy per cent broken by the Conservatives, with a new state-of-the-art system with a modern control centre

–            Brought back a free skips service

–            Introduced regular deep cleans of the street

–            Secured a £97 million investment in our road and pavements

–            Established the first ever Barnet Pride

–            Expanded Black History month and South Asian Heritage Month

–            Rolled out a programme of delivering 1,000 new council homes

–            Won the first Green Flag award in more than ten years (Cherry Tree Wood)

–            Piloted safe havens for women and girls

–            Reduced use of chemicals in weed control

–            Protected libraries

All while setting a Council tax £300 lower than Conservative Harrow for a band D household.

Labour’s pro-active council leaderships contrasts with the slapdash Conservatives.

They ran the council on autopilot, paying multi-national company Capita millions to run the borough for them.

The result was that Barnet Conservatives let slip of the finances. Failing to borrow to invest when interest rates were low, forcing the council now to borrow when interest rates were sent sky high by the Liz Truss budget.

We face serious budget challenges due to Conservative underinvestment, and there will be difficult choices ahead. But now Labour has brought finance back in house from Capita, and modernised decision-making at the council, these challenges can be gripped. We are fixing the foundations.

Now Labour are in charge and driving change in the borough, making it safer, cleaner and greener for residents.