Tories cut Hanwell's Park Rangers

Over recent months the Tory Council has made stealth cuts to the Borough’s frontline Park Rangers. They are also closing the Ranger Base in Brent Lodge (Bunny) Park. This is bound to have a negative effect on the amount of patrols and conservation work in Hanwell’s parks and open spaces. Despite a strong campaign by residents and a petition of 552 signatures, Hobbayne’s Tory councillors demonstrated a marked lack of sympathy for local concern and actively supported the cuts which they labelled ‘efficiency savings’. Once again they have shown themselves to be out of touch and unwilling to represent the views or act in the best interests of the local people they serve.

Labour delivers Crossrail

Gordon Brown has given the go ahead for the £16 billion Crossrail Project. This is fantastic news for Hanwell, which will benefit from a direct train service from Hanwell station into the heart of London and beyond with vastly reduced journey times and double the capacity.
A twice hourly service between Heathrow and central London will also stop at Ealing Broadway, Bond Street, Tottenham Court Road, Farringdon and Liverpool Street among other stations.
Working with the local residents Hanwell Labour will continue to press for a Sunday service on the Greenford branch, Sunday opening of Hanwell and West Ealing stations as well as lift installations at both.
We will also be pressing the Council to deliver improvements in access to the station in terms of local connections to all forms of transportation.

Labour's Police Safer Neighbourhood Team a great success in Hobbayne

The total number of crimes in Hobbayne ward for the first 6 months of this year is down by 21% compared to the same time period last year. Real benefits are now being felt from the Labour initiative which has installed a dedicated local police team in each ward. Teams are able to build up a wealth of local knowledge and use this on a daily basis to help reduce crime and identify offenders. In Hobbayne the news that robberies are down by 82% and snatches down by 20% will be very welcome. Labour has given police new powers to direct groups of two or more people who are acting anti-socially to disperse and a six month dispersal area was recently put in place covering the Pilgrim Estate and Poets Corner area.
Labour has also delivered record numbers of police and given communities new powers to get tough with the louts who make life misery for their neighbours.
And because we believe in the rights of the decent majority before those of the mindless minority, Labour has given councils new powers to improve their local environment by tackling graffiti, noise pollution and abandoned cars, again all opposed by the Tories.