This free sheet drops through our letter box every two weeks and yet it is hardly free. We, the taxpayers, pay nearly £500,000 a year to have this published and delivered. The defence of this has always been that it pays for itself through revenue from advertising.This is not true as the adverts are for events held by borough departments who have to pay with their budget funded by the taxpayer.
Your Liberal Democrats believe that this paper is, more than ever, a council propaganda publication and a waste of our money.
It is time this paper was replaced. It does not need to be paid for by the residents of Waltham Forest.
Our local councillors need to be telling residents about what is happening in the borough as well as asking for opinions on borough matters as we do in our Focus newsletters.