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To: The Government and the London Mayor

No To Lee Valley Tax

Change the law to stop the payment of £1.6m precept money every year by residents of Croydon, Kingston, Merton, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth to the Lee Valley Regional Park and instead divert that money to a new Regional Park in South West London.

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Why is this important?

The Lee Valley receives money from every council tax-payer in London as well as the County Councils in Hertfordshire and Essex. By contrast our own Wandle Valley Regional Park in South West London leads a threadbare existence supported by the small allowances that our local boroughs can afford. When the current arrangements were made in 1966, there was a strong argument that the whole of London should help restore the Lee Valley, which was then a polluted ex-industrial wasteland in a poor area. Now after the Olympics and years of investment this is a beautiful park run by a well resourced Park Authority. Yet few visitors from South West London ever go there. The current Government and London Mayor have been asked to support legislation for change, but have failed to do so. Now in the run up to the national and London Mayoral elections we should demand that change. Let us repatriate our annual £1.6m payments and use the money to support a beautiful river park of our own instead.

South West London

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2015-03-04 17:28:08 +0000

100 signatures reached

2015-02-26 04:45:41 +0000

50 signatures reached

2015-02-25 18:30:33 +0000

25 signatures reached

2015-02-24 22:17:49 +0000

10 signatures reached