Residents of a Stroud Green council block have had their entryphones repaired thanks to the intervention of Lib Dem councillor Lynne Featherstone – but only after an attempted break-in to one of the Marquis Court flats after Haringey Council had failed to act to sort out the security problems

Residents of Marquis Court had told Haringey that their entryphones were not working, but Haringey had failed to repair the system. After one resident, Mr Socratous, had his internal door panel smashed as a result of the lack of security, he contacted Lynne Featherstone, who pushed the council to take action. Haringey initially said they were not liable for Mr Socratous’ internal window repairs, but were soon persuaded to accept that their failure to act over the entryphone system had been the root cause of the distressing vandalism at his flat.

Lynne Featherstone comments:

“I am pleased Haringey have accepted that it was their job to sort out the security problems. The council must learn to act quicker when informed of these breakdowns at flats in the borough. Residents are entitled to feel fully secure in their homes.”