Dear Editor,

AS many of us have always thought, this Conservative administration is all about smoke and mirrors.

1) For surplus read underspend, money which was set aside to do a job but has not all been spent.

2) Tenants not satisfied with the overall service running at 32.2%

3) Void periods at 21 days when during the period 2010 to 2020 was just 16 days.

4) Regeneraion in the Town Centre includes millions of pounds on new paving, seats and trees. Try asking passers by what they think, I have, they think it is a complete waste of money at a time when the country is skint.

5) It is now 9 months since the claim the council had bought the flats at Burnt Mill. How much income has been lost since then? I wonder if a “few weeks” will take the non-occupation to over a year?

6) As for the Harvey Centre, perhaps someone can point me in the direction of where I can find details of the costs and income recorded in council minutes.

7. The biannual surveys of council tenants for the years 2016 to 2020 showed tenant satisfaction running at 88% compared with the most recent figure of 67.8%.

Lastly, Cllr Swords says he is running the council.

No professionally qualified Chief Executive or Directors in post, it quite simply beggars belief.

I look forward to his clock ticking down to the next election.

Nicholas Taylor

Harlow Alliance Party