A local councillor has joined calls for urgent action over disabled access to a block of flats in Highgate. Residents say that Haringey Council has not acted to improve access to Dowding House, on the Hillcrest estate, despite years of pleas from locals.

Lib Dem councillor Neil Williams says it is now time for action from Haringey.

He comments: “We cannot have a situation where elderly and disabled residents, one 100 years old, have to struggle down the three steps at the entrance to Dowding House. Several are virtual prisons in the building for much of the time. And the same problem also occurs at some of the other blocks.

“Rosina Wells and other campaigners on the estate have waited for too long asked Haringey to sort this out. There must be a simple solution. Along with Lynne Featherstone, I am pressing for swift action from the Council.”