Letter: Tasks that still face the PM

From Cllr Pola Manzila Uddin

Sir: Now that John Major has confirmed his position as leader of the Conservative Party, he will hope to bind up the wounds of his party and lead it as a united body. Is it too much to hope that he will try to perform the same service for the nation of which he is Prime Minister?

Viewed from a Tower Hamlets' perspective, there is much to bind. Everywhere we see division. Many are homeless. Very many more live in rotting council accommodation which we lack the funds to repair and which we are not allowed to replace by new buildings.

Schools have developed a new hierarchy, with the schools attended by ministers' children at the top of the heap. Race relations are a sensitive subject handled insensitively by ministers and officials, in danger (literally) of bursting into flames.

A leader of a united party should aspire to lead one nation. Will the Prime Minister agree that this means public expenditure, or will he give priority to income tax cuts to target groups?

Yours faithfully,

Pola Manzila Uddin

Deputy Leader

Tower Hamlets Council

London, E14