A Big Thank You

Carole, Phil and Clayeon would like to thank everyone who supported us to become your Labour Councillors in the recent elections.

We really couldn't have done it without you!

The campaign gave us opportunity to meet and speak to many more people than we would be able to do by attending estate committee meetings, holding surgeries or on our walk abouts. It gave you the opportunity to tell us what you think about the work that your Labour team did over the last four years and helped us set priorities for the work over the next fourt years.

You gave an resounding yes to Labour and said that you did not want people talking your ward down. You said yes to plans to continue improving street cleanliness; yes to continued decreases to crime; yes to increases to recycling facilities; yes to new windows, kitchens, bathrooms, kitchens and roofs; yes to the continued support of the Shoreditch Wardens; yes t improvements to Shepherdess Walk Park and Shoreditch Park and yes more facilities for young people.

You gave a resounding yes to Labour continuing to improve the place where you live and for that we thank you.

But you also told us that the good work we started needs to continue and that there are somethings that you want to see improve even further, that is why we have already started tackling those things that matter to you most.

Despite the continued decline in local crime, we know that you are still concerned about crime so we will be holding more regular community safety walkabouts with the Hoxton Safer Neighbourhood Team. We will be attending regular community safety forum meetings and working closely with police to tackle local issues.

Although you welcomed the Decent Home works, you also told us that there are aspects of the programme that are causing you concern so we will be working with officers to keep delays to a minimum, improve communication with you, ensure that the best quality materials are used and that the job is done to high standards.

There are a number of issues that are specific to individual blocks which we are already tackling. Wenlock Barn Estate has already seen scaffolding going up on many of the blocks but much work needs to be done outside of the Decent Homes Programme to improve properties. We will be meetig with Hackney Homes to seek get work done to improve water supply, door entry systems, lift maintenance programmes.

These are just a few of the messages that we heard while speaking to you. The list we have and that we are working on is much longer than this.

We are looking forward to seeing changes and improvements across the ward and look forward to receiving comments from you on how you think we are doing.

We also look forward to working with you and for you over the next four years.