MANIFESTO

In Lewisham, Labour is working hard and planning for the future. We do this against a backdrop of a difficult economic climate, made very much worse by the Conservative-Lib Dem Coalition government that chooses austerity over growth and hits ordinary people hard whilst helping out their wealthy friends with tax cuts.

Over the next four years the Council will face further savage cuts in the funding government provides to support our services. We will inevitably face some very tough choices and we will need to take a radical approach to how services are delivered. But we also need to do even more to address the challenges we face. If I am re-elected I will:-

1. Deliver a minimum of 2,000 new affordable homes, including at least 500 council homes, tackle rogue landlords and rip-off letting agents
2. Provide a primary school place for every child and improve secondary school results by 10%
3. Tackle the cost of living crisis, lead the way on fair pay, fight fuel poverty and freeze council tax for at least 2 years and keep at inflation or below thereafter
4. Ensure that the benefits of regeneration in Lewisham reach local people, and support the creation of 3,000 new jobs over the next seven years
5. Help young people though the provision of high quality vocational training and increase the number of apprenticeships to 1,000