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| Labour Cabinet Member for Housing Cllr Andy Frampton Photo: Southampton City Council |
Southampton Independents stands up for residents. We stand up for Council tenants and leaseholders.
Since 2017, we have consistently held the Labour-run Council to account, and also for the year that the Tories had control of the Council. Labour or Tory, same old story, residents said to us. Because Labour is no better than the Tories.
Co-Founder of Southampton Independents Andrew Pope continues to hold the Council to account. When he got hold of a Council Internal Audit report, he asked questions of the Council's Labour Housing boss Councillor Andy Frampton. As reported previously, Failing Frampton did not reply.
So Andrew asked again, and also asked about fire safety concerns of residents of Shirley Towers and Milner Court, which is two council blocks for older people next door.
Here is the full reply from Frampton, when offered to reply for a SECOND time:
"No, I didn't miss your email. I don't reply to other political groups who will only use answers and explanations as a way to twist the truth and information to their own narrative. Please direct any resident who has any concerns about fire safety or problems with damp & mould to the appropriate department who will help."
Andrew Pope says:
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| Andrew Pope on BBC TV Photo: Southampton Independents |
"Residents, tenants and leaseholders have had to come to me to help them, because the Council itself has not addressed their concerns and worries over heating, fire safety, damp and mould and more. They feel ignored, so I am trying to help them.
Councillor Frampton was due to meet with tenants representatives meeting on Monday. I attended it at Shirley Towers. He was not there. Why? So I have raised their concerns directly with officers, who were helpful.
Tenants and officers of the Council deserve better than Southampton Labour. I will continue to stand up for them.
I have written to local media to ask them to help holding Councillor Frampton and the Labour-run Council to account. That is how democracy in Southampton is supposed to operate.
The big political parties let everyone down. They do not deserve any power in our City."
