A number of my constituents have told me, this week, that they have seen a leaflet from the Labour Party which claims that Labour is responsible for the extra 119 police officers who are coming into Waltham Forest.

This is a blatant lie and it should be nailed now. The Labour council has nothing to do with policing in the borough. The responsibility for policing lies with the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, who is a Conservative. Waltham Forest is getting more police because of decisions taken by Boris Johnson, not because of anything the Labour Party, which unfortunately runs Waltham Forest at the present time, has done.

Marion J Fitzgerald, Conservative councillor for Hatch Lane ward, Waltham Forest