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By RICHARD OSLEY
 

Cllr Raj Chada with children from the Lismore Circus Estate.
‘GIVE ME A CHANCE’

Young Labour leader in plea for time to do the job

TOWN Hall leader Raj Chada is gearing up for a fight for survival amid claims that he will be a high profile casualty in next week’s council elections.
He is asking voters to give him a fair crack of the whip at Thursday’s crunch polls and allow him the chance to implement a new investment programme in education and youth services.
The Labour chief has only been in the hot seat for six months but alarm bells are ringing due to a surging challenge from the Conservatives in his Gospel Oak ward – once a Labour fortress. Traditional Labour supporters that were once relied upon appear to be wavering.
New Journal reporters this week conducted their own rough, door-to-door survey in marginal wards and found simmering anger with Labour on a series of national issues
Scores of one-time Labour supporters said they would vote against the party in protest. Dozens more said they had genuinely not made up their minds yet. Meanwhile, Conservatives are claiming to have already championed council tenants in Gospel Oak that once backed Labour.
Cllr Chada said: “It will be a close election but local democracy is more important than protest votes. Our plans for the future are exciting.”
Other big Labour names in trouble are education chief Councillor Lucy Anderson in Kentish Town and community safety boss Councillor Jake Sumner in Camden Town.
Speaking on the local campaign for the first time yesterday (Wednesday), Holborn and St Pancras MP Frank Dobson revealed his own concern.
He said: “I think its going to be quite a struggle. Camden has a very good record and if people value their quality of local services, they will stick with the folks who delivered them.”
 
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