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Westminster Labour unveils Safer Streets pledge

Labour Councillors have unveiled their Safer Streets pledge which includes the following five key promises:

* We will crack down on anti-social behaviour, knife crime and dangerous dogs by closer working with the Police Safer Neighbourhood Teams.

* We will use Westminster’s 100 wi-fi CCTV cameras to catch criminals, rather than fine motorists.

* We will improve street-lighting and repair dangerous pavements and broken street lights within 24 hours of them being reported.

* We will introduce more cycle lanes and take strong action against pavement cycling.

* We welcome plans to introduce compulsory dog chipping and will extend dog-socialising classes across Westminster to encourage responsible dog ownership.

Councillor Paul Dimoldenberg. Leader of the Labour Group, said: “Ensuring safer streets is a vital part of Labour’s practical and common-sense approach to running Westminster after the next elections. We will move Council spending to these vital front line services and will stop the expenditure currently wasted on producing expensive glossy leaflets and self-congratulatory Council propaganda.”