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A budget that delivers real change for Haringey 13 Jan 2020 Haringey Council is currently consulting on budget proposals for the year ahead. This budget is set to help Haringey Labour “build a fairer Haringey” even though Haringey has seen huge cuts in funding since 2010. In Haringey, Government grant funding under the Tories and Lib Dems has reduced by £124… Read more →
Haringey Labour purchases Burgoyne Road for use as a refuge Haringey Labour has agreed to purchase the former NHS building on Burgoyne Road to be used as a refuge facility for survivors of domestic abuse. This decision was made at the Haringey Cabinet meeting on 10th December and is the latest example of Haringey Labour’s key civic investment in Haringey,… Read more →
Haringey Labour defends Council Tax reductions for the poorest families in Haringey 27 Nov 2019 Haringey Labour has defended the Council Tax Reduction Scheme (CTRS) for the coming financial year, despite the impact of Conservative and Liberal Democrat cuts to the Councils’ budget. At the Full Council meeting on Tuesday 26th November, Members voted to agree to the CTRS levels for the year ahead, these… Read more →
Council Leader hits out at Permitted Development Plans for Alexandra House 26 Nov 2019 Haringey Labour has led calls against plans to convert office space in Alexandra House into 219 ‘rabbit hutch’ flats via Permitted Development. Under the legislation ‘The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015’, a developer can convert offices into residential properties without the need for planning permission.… Read more →
Haringey opens Mulberry Junction homelessness centre 05 Nov 2019 Haringey Labour recently celebrated the launch of the Council’s new homelessness centre, Mulberry Junction. This is project is central to our commitment to build a fairer Haringey and deliver on our manifesto commitment to end street homelessness by 2022. The launch of this new centre in Tottenham aims to reduce… Read more →
Haringey Labour tackling HGVs in Alexandra 05 Nov 2019 Haringey Labour is taking decisive action to deal with the problem of Heavy Goods Vehicles using roads in Alexandra as a rat-run. To deal with this problem Haringey Council will be installing new vehicle weight restriction cameras in the area. The Labour Council has listened to the concerns raised by… Read more →
Labour invests over £5million in Haringey’s libraries 05 Sep 2019 Haringey Labour is pushing ahead with key civic investment across the borough despite the impact of Tory and Lib Dem austerity, now entering its’ tenth year. Despite losing over £1000 per household, Haringey Council has kept all of its’ libraries open and is now investing £5.5million on updating and improving… Read more →
Haringey Labour to insource first key contracts The Haringey Labour administration last week voted at Cabinet to start the process of insourcing two key council contracts. This is part of a plan to deliver our major manifesto commitments which was to ‘bring services back in house” and is part of a strategy to build up the capacity… Read more →
Wildflower meadows to save Haringey’s bees 09 Jul 2019 This autumn, work will begin in Tottenham’s parks to create new and enhanced wildflower meadows, including in Chestnuts Park, Downhills Park, White Hart Lane Rec and Markfield Park. These efforts fit within a wider framework of Haringey Labour to bring forward measures which improve air quality and promote biodiversity, in… Read more →