Vote Labour Council elections•May 4th 2006 From your Labour candidates in Blackheath Westcombe ward Making Greenwich even better In the last ten years Greenwich has been new transport links and the transformation of the Peninsula and the Royal Arsenal. The DLR is coming to transformed by a Labour council which has by 2009, Waterfront Transit will improve links reversed decades of economic decline, along the Thames, and Greenwich will host nine of the brought billions of pounds of new investment 27 sports at the 2012 Olympics. Labour wants to see and improved opportunities for all. thousands more jobs created, and new transport, health On Thursday May 4th Labour is seeking centres and schools to serve our growing population. your vote to build on this •Labour is committed to success: spending £200m in the next four •Labour is the only party that years to improve housing across The Ferrier estate is voted to give each the borough. about to be redeveloped and hundreds neighbourhood in Greenwich, of council homes in Blackheath are including this ward, a police getting new windows, roofs and team of at least four officers kitchens. this year, rising to six by April •Labour will continue to strive to 2007. A Labour council will continue improve the quality of the local to work with the police to cut crime environment. Labour has introduced and anti-social behaviour. doorstep recycling to every home in Greenwich and •Results in Greenwich schools are rising recently extended the graffiti removal service to private faster than the national average — almost property. We want to continue to tackle pollution and congestion in Greenwich, install ‘green energy’ systems three times faster at GCSE. Labour will continue in council homes and new developments, and invest in to invest in schools and challenge under-achievement. our parks and green spaces. We are committed to rebuilding Thomas Tallis and Joan Roan schools, and 21 new nurseries for the under-5s •Under Labour, Greenwich Council will are planned. continue to offer good value for money. In the •Labour councillors have brought in £2bn of past eight years council tax increases in Greenwich have been the second lowest in . new investment in the last ten years, bringing

Working Jean BLOCH hard for Blackheath Westcombe Alex GRANT ward Silke THOMSON Vote Labour on Thursday May 4th You have THREE votes • Polls are open from 7am to 10pm Promoted by Roger Hough, 32, Woolwich Road, Greenwich, London, SE10 0JU on behalf of The Labour Party Candidates for Blackheath Westcombe ward, all at 32, Woolwich Road, Greenwich, London, SE10 0JU.Printed by Meridian Press, 133 Woolwich Road, Greenwich SE10 0RJ Meet your local Labour candidates become actively involved in the JEAN BLOCH has lived in the Blackheath area since 1968. Both her children attended the Robert Blackheath Park Conservation Owen nursery and Brooklands primary school. As a Group, and in working with the mother and grandmother, Jean is committed to community to further improve improving living conditions, services and amenities and housing. opportunities for all. Jean lives on Morden Road and With a career devoted to teaching and research actively supports many local in the University of London, Jean is also active in activities. She is a Friend of local education and is currently vice-chair of Blackheath Halls and a member of governors at the John Roan School. the Blackheath Society. Jean’s love of the environment has led her to

ALEX GRANT was brought up in groups for better public transport, housing and Blackheath and has been a Labour policing. A former chair of the borough's councillor for this area since 1998. Leaseholder Forum, he is a director of Blackheath Now Greenwich Council’s cabinet Halls and sits on the committee of Greenwich member for the Environment, he Housing Society, which provides housing to older has played a key role in people in Blackheath. Alex attended Invicta primary regenerating the borough and school where he now serves as a governor. improving services such as Alex is 32 and lives with his partner Liz, who has recycling and graffiti removal. been closely involved in community events and Alex has never been afraid to speak up for this campaigns in the area for many area. He has worked tirelessly with residents’ years, and their baby daughter.

SILKE THOMSON is 34 and has lived on Silke is very interested in Park Close since 1999 with her husband education and is a governor at Simon who works as a journalist. Halstow primary school. She has a special concern about policing Silke is a press officer and has worked issues and welcomes the recent extensively in casework and policy development, increase in police numbers in the both in Westminster and Brussels. She wants to Blackheath and Westcombe Park put this experience to use in representing area. Blackheath Westcombe ward on Greenwich Council. Silke sees a councillor’s role as listening to In her spare time Silke is a keen people and getting the council and residents to cyclist, and likes cooking with friends and going to work together to solve local problems. the cinema.

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