Karen Jennings

After a few days of rest and some much needed time with my family, it now feels well overdue to be posting my heartfelt thanks for the amazing help, support and hard work of the Hornsey and Wood Green Labour team over the last few months.

Election night was one of mixed emotion.  I was really sorry not to have delivered the Labour win for Hornsey and Wood Green Parliamentary seat, but delighted that the people of Haringey chose Labour – against the odds and in increased numbers Рto lead their council.   Huge congratulations are due to the Haringey Labour Council Candidates for their tremendous campaign and tireless effort.  I truly believe that the residents of Haringey will need the protection and values of a Labour Council in the face of our new Tory and Lib Dem Government.

So we have seen the Labour campaign message ‘flirt with Clegg wake up married to Cameron’ become a reality.  This can only mean that our work as Labour Рnow we are the only progressive choice in the country Рis more vital than ever.

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Great meeting today with residents at the Raj Kunj Sheltered Housing Unit in Wood Green. I presented what a Labour government and Labour council would deliver for the elderly along with the Labour candidates in Woodside Ward. We had a warm reception – many residents were concerned about the threat of a Conservative government and what that would mean for support for the elderly.

In contrast, Labour has got a really positive message for older people Рincrease in pensions, winter fuel payments as well as free prescriptions, eye tests and bus travel.  If we have a Labour Government, we will also restore the link between pensions and earnings by 2012 as well as introduce a National Care Service.  

Thanks to the staff at Raj Kunj for arrangiing the vist.

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Here’s the latest campaign leaflet – click on the link to have a look.¬† The Labour team are out in force in Hornsey and Wood Green over the weekend, delivering the leaflet and talking to voters.¬† There’s lots more happening over the next few days – I’ll update my blog over the weekend to let you know how it’s going.

Enjoy the bank holiday!

A future fair for all

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Karen Jennings with Minister John Healey and local apprentices

A packed day yesterday, with the Labour campaign to win back Hornsey and Wood Green getting a real boost.  We had a visit from the Housing Minister John Healey MP, who came to see the results of an £85million investment in Decent Homes on the Campsbourne Estate.  And, earlier on, I unveiled a billboard poster which highlights Labour’s new NHS Cancer Guarantee and shows how this is under threat from Nick Clegg’s talk of ‘savage cuts’.

Fifteen years ago, public housing was in a terrible state, but the Campsbourne Estate has been transformed.  What has brought about this change?  A number of things, I think.  First and foremost, it’s down to the people that live there, who take tremendous pride in their homes and their community.  Credit also to the building company ‘Wates Living Space’ who carried out the refurbishments; they have done a great job.   

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Celebrating jobs created, homes improved and lives changed for the better at a ‘Decent Homes’ event.  Labour challenges the Lib Dems – can you match this?

On Monday 29^th March, Hornsey and Wood Green Labour Party Parliamentary Candidate Karen Jennings and Housing Minister Rt Hon John Healey MP stood shoulder to shoulder with residents of the Campsbourne Estate, Hornsey to celebrate the transformation of their living standards under the Government’s Decent Homes Programme.

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John Prescott on the platform with Karen Jennings

Last night 200 Labour party members and activists packed out the Muswell Hill Baptist Church Hall to hear former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott launch Labour Party Candidate Karen Jennings’ campaign to win back Hornsey and Wood Green.

In one of the largest political rallies seen in Hornsey and Wood Green for many years, John Prescott gave an impassioned account of the Labour Party’s achievements over the last 12 years and set out the reasons why every vote will count in the next election.   Explaining why the Labour Party is the only choice for a fair future for Britain, Prescott said, 

“We can be proud of the achievements of this Labour government. We have met and exceeded all of the pledges we made in 1997 and promise to keep delivering to improve the lives of all people. That is why the voters will have a clear choice between a fair future for the many with a Labour government or a change that would only benefit the few under the Tories.”

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 “LOCAL RESIDENTS MUST HAVE SAY ON LAP DANCING CLUBS” SAYS KAREN JENNINGS
FRIDAY 12 FEBRUARY 2010, UNDER EMBARGO: 00.01 MONDAY 15 FEBRUARY 2010

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Karen Jennings is supporting Haringey’s investment of £212 million to improve local schools in this government funded programme.

Karen visited Heartlands High School, which is being built in Wood Green, and saw the scale of the construction project at first hand. Karen said “This initiative is making a critical difference to local children’s education, raising their aspirations and improving their prospects. This is only possible as a result of the Labour government’s investment in our children’s future.”

Heartlands is a £33m project that will provide flexible spaces for a wide range of teaching group sizes, Multi-purpose rooms for use for range of activities, Extensive visual arts and media production facilities, Specialist facilities for students with Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Learning Resource Centre , Good sports facilities (sports hall/multi-use games area areas, gym, dance, drama), Spaces for displays and for flexible teaching and learning, Large spaces for assemblies and public examinations, Good access to all areas of the curriculum for people with disabilities, Excellent ICT enabling ICT to be used across the curriculum.

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