Getting plastics out of Council buildings
A Haringey Liberal Democrat campaign to stop the use of single-use plastics by Haringey Council has succeeded after a meeting of the Cabinet finally approved an action plan on the issue.
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Four anti-Semitic councillors is four too many
In response to the discovery of anti-Semitic statements by Preston Tabois, councillor for Tottenham Green and Labour GLA candidate, including an apparent endorsement of a conspiracy theory denying the historical reality of the Holocaust, Cllr Luke Cawley-Harrison (Crouch End), leader of Haringey Liberal Democrats, comments that:
“These anti-Semitic comments from Cllr Tabois have absolutely no place in our society. Haringey Labour must urgently explain not only how a Holocaust denier was able to become one of their councillors, but why their institutional culture is so inviting to anti-Jewish racists.
“Be a team-player” Haringey Lib Dem Spurs fans tell club
Haringey Lib Dem Spurs fans are calling on their club’s management to waive a £30,000 bill for hosting a food bank. During the early stages of the Covid-19 lockdown, Haringey Council ran an emergency food distribution hub from the car park of the team’s stadium. Press reports indicate that as a result, the club is charging the Council for cleaning and security costs.
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Coronavirus Update (31st July 2020)
Our fortnightly COVID-19 update for the 31st July includes:
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Haringey & London Response Update
- Haringey's weekly COVID-19 figures
- Community Organisations Support Grants
- Good Thinking - Digital Mental Wellbeing in London
- Parking Permits - issues and feedback
- Silver Active
- Update Libraries
- Care homes visits to restart
- Pavement licenses for Haringey businesses
- Playgrounds, outdoor gyms and council managed sports courts
- Places of worship security funding
- Haringey Book of Remembrance launched
- Tesco Bags of Help COVID-19 Communities Fund
- Local Food Banks still require urgent donations
- Volunteering opportunities for local residents
- Telephone befriending service
- Our Haringey Giving appeal
- How you can contact us
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National Response Update
- Face masks and coverings update
- Eat Out to Help Out discount scheme launches on Monday
- Upcoming changes to lockdown
- Self-isolation period extended
- Spain removed from travel corridors exemption list
- Flu Vaccine programme to be expanded this winter
Ban the board blight
Opposition Lib Dem councillors are urging Haringey Council to immediately follow the lead of their neighbours in Camden and crack down on estate agents' boards.
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Sending a letter is no substitute for decent sick pay for care workers
Labour councillors have voted down a proposal by Lib Dem councillors to ensure that contracted care workers have the same entitlement to sick pay as Council staff. They opted instead to write a letter to the Government on the issue.
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