AN MP and the council have joined forces to fight for more funding for an anti-gangs strategy.
Waltham Forest’s anti-gangs strategy, which is facing a financial shortfall, had been “getting results” said Leyton and Wanstead MP John Cryer, who is working with council leader Chris Robbins to secure more cash for the project in light of the riots.
Home secretary Theresa May has arranged for the pair to meet Angela Browning, the Home Office minister in charge of finance, to discuss the issue in early October.
Mr Cryer said: “I spoke to the Home Secretary during the riots and pointed out that we desperately need more funding. The strategy seems to be getting results and I don’t want to see it end due to funding, or lack of it.”
“We need to promote the anti-gangs strategy which has had positive tangible outcomes. This is not the time to jeopardise all the good work that has gone into helping tackle gangs in our local area.”
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