As many of your readers will know, the Tories in Merton want to close Bond Road Early Years Nursery in September. This is a specialist centre for vulnerable children but the Tories say these children will instead be provided for in the eight new children's centres the Labour Government is funding.
All well and good. But I'm told no planning permission has yet been sought, let alone granted, for any of these centres. I am now informed that the Tories plan to house our children in Portakabins instead.
Unfortunately, there seems to be a trend emerging with this Tory administration. First they want to close Bond Road Nursery. Then they try to stop a housing development in Merton Road because the "child density" is too high (no, I'm not joking). And now it seems these Merton Tories want to put our children in Portakabins. How dare they they do this?
COUNCILLOR MAXI MARTIN St Helier Ward
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