Lib Dem Councillor for Muswell Hill, Ross Laird, has received undertakings from Royal Mail that they will remove graffiti from the post box at the end of Lynton Road, N8 as part of his campaign to rid the area of some of the worst graffiti.

In recent months the campaign has gathered pace with the Lib Dems successfully lobbying the Council to increase its budget for graffiti fighting from £15,000 to £100,000. However the real breakthrough has come following the Council’s decision to renege on their policy to only remove graffiti deemed racist or offensive as a result of the Lib Dems publicising the failures of this policy.

Cllr Laird is now hopeful that the Council will now take action to improve other graffiti blackspots in the area. He commented:

“The whole area around Lynton Road and The Grove is covered in graffiti. I’m glad that Royal Mail has agreed to remove the graffiti from the post box at the corner of Lynton Road and Middle Lane and I’ll be lobbying the Council hard for graffiti to be removed from other walls, garages and street furniture from around Lynton Road, Palace Road and The Grove.”