Generous opposition councillors are proposing to put ten pounds into the pocket of each Harrow household as 'a good will gesture'.

The giveaway would cost £950,000, and is a part of a £2million spending spree that Independent Labour are urging councillors to vote for when they gather to pass a budget to fund Harrow Council's services on Thursday evening.

Leader of the party Councillor Thaya Idaikkadar said: "The Tory budget stresses balancing the books and whilst we can understand the wisdom of being careful with tax payers' money, the welfare of the people comes first."

That is why Mr Idaikkadar has outlined £950,000 to give away to the people of Harrow in a one-off move which could see each household claim approximately £10.

"It's a good will gesture," Mr Idaikkadar said.

Party members – who broke away from Labour after not securing cabinet positions at the group's annual general meeting last year, claiming they had been discriminated against – have been banned from re-joining Labour, but now they aim to contest the council elections in May under the Independent Labour banner and have identified 13 wards in which they feel they could make their mark.

Here are some of Independent Labour's other proposals:

  • Spend £50,000 on the Taxicard scheme for disabled travel which Mr Idaikkadar himself cut last year
  • Fund a mental health wellbeing centre with £50,000
  • Spend £200,000 on 'therapeutic interventions' and £100,000 on improving social work
  • £50,000 on tackling spitting, anti-social behaviour and littering
  • Give councillors iPads, which will cost £60,000
  • £30,000 on improving the Harrow Carers Champions project
  • £100,000 on raising awareness of adoption and fostering in black, Asian and ethnic minority communities
  • Keep the Under One Sky festival by working with the voluntary sector plus £10,000 funding

Sacking council directors, some of whom Mr Idaikkadar described as 'lousy', is how Independent Labour intend on funding the £2million spending.

Mr Idaikkadar said: "Harrow Council needs to fundamentally change. Officers have resisted new ideas. If you have lousy officers then it is never going to get done."

The breakaway group – who call themselves 'pragmatic socialists' – have since leaving Labour voted in Conservative leader Susan Hall in September over their former colleagues in what has become a bitter dispute, and say they broadly agree with many of her proposals but would scrap the £400,000 outlined for installing 400 new bins.

They will also fund their spending by increasing the amount the council takes in from parking fines by £800,000 annually.

On Thursday, with both Labour and Conservatives having 25 councillors each, Independent Labour's eight councillors will have the final say.

Mr Idaikkadar added: "We are pressing hard to ensure residents are not forgotten by the political class and will support whoever is willing to take the side of the people of Harrow."

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