Lib Dem Laura Calls on Concern Over Council's Mailing Wastage

12.00.00am GMT Tue 18th Oct 2005

Lib Dem councillor for Stroud Green Laura Edge has called on the Council to review its mailing system after residents received multiple copies of the Council's public magazine, Haringey People.

On top of this a number of residents also received duplicate letters regarding renovations to Wood Green parking shop and the concrete batching plant planning meeting.

Cllr Edge is concerned at the environmental and financial wastage involved in these duplications. In the worst case reported to her a resident received eleven copies of the same Haringey People within two days.

Earlier this month, the Lib Dems uncovered figures showing the cost of publishing and deliver the People magazine is £36k. Cllr Edge says with the Council already spending this much on each edition, they can ill afford to waste money on duplicating deliveries.

Cllr Edge (Stroud Green) comments: "This issue has been brought to my attention by a few local residents. However I am concerned at how many duplicates of letters and magazines this group alone have received and I am sure that many more residents have encountered a similar problem.

"I have written to the Council and ask them to review their delivery system to ensure tax payers money is not wasted on duplicate mailings."