Haringey Council failing to keep our streets clean, say Liberal Democrats

6.58.12pm UTC (GMT +0000) Mon 28th Apr 2008

Haringey has been branded as the dirtiest place in the country by a new survey. Figures compiled by the GMB Union show that, out of 351 local authorities, Haringey was ranked bottom of the list with nearly a half of streets assessed as dirty. Local Liberal Democrats have criticised the Council for failing to tackle the problem and have branded the Council's performance as unacceptable.

Cllr Martin Newton, Lib Dem Environment Spokesperson, comments:

"Haringey Council should be embarrassed that our borough has been tarred with the dirtiest local authority in Britain badge. This is not a title we should be proud of. Once again it is the failure of the Labour-run Council to tackle a problem that residents want them to solve. If they can't keep our streets clean then what can we trust them to do?"

Lynne Featherstone, MP for Hornsey and Wood Green adds:

"Street cleaning the number one service that affects the quality of life of every local resident. Haringey Council spends thousands of pounds on advertising 'Better Haringey' it's a shame they cannot deliver it. It is a disgrace that Haringey Labour cannot get this basic service right."

Notes:

The data comes from Best Value Performance Indicator 199a, the percentage of relevant land and highways that is assessed as having combined deposits of litter and detritus that fall below an acceptable level ('Litter' is defined for the purpose of this indicator as synthetic material associated with smoking, drinking and eating discarded by the public or spilt during waste management operations. 'Detritus' is defined for the purpose of this indicator as dust, mud, soil, grit, gravel, stones, rotted leaf and vegetable residues and fragments of twigs, glass and plastic.)

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List of London Local Authorities

Ranking of Clean Streets in London

The proportion of relevant land and highways assessed as having combined deposits of litter and detritus that fall below an acceptable level rank %

1 Kensington and Chelsea 2.0

2 Corporation of London 3.0

3 Enfield 7.3

4 Sutton 8.4

5 Westminster 11.0

6 Bromley 12.5

7 Merton 13.5

8 Croydon 14.4

9 Redbridge 14.8

10 Barnet 16.3

11 Camden 19.0

12 Southwark 19.2

13 Wandsworth 22.0

14 Tower Hamlets 22.4

15 Lewisham 24.0

16 Hammersmith and Fulham 24.8

17 Lambeth 25.0

18 Richmond 26.0

19 Hackney 27.0

20 Islington 27.6

21 Bexley 28.0

22 Newham 31.9

= 23 Brent 32.0

= 23 Kingston Upon Thames 32.0

25 Waltham Forest 33.0

26 Harrow 34.0

27 Ealing 34.8

= 28 Greenwich 35.0

= 28 Hillingdon 35.0

30 Hounslow 37.0

31 Barking and Dagenham 37.7

32 Havering 38.0

33 Haringey 40.1