• THE number of people using West Hampstead Underground station has increased 50 per cent in five years, making it now one of the busiest stations in Camden outside Zone 1.

Transport for London has previously said expanding the station, and installing a lift for the elderly, disabled and parents with small children, would be too expensive without a financial contribution from Camden Council.

The station has become overcrowded in part because of the many new high-density residential developments that Camden has approved in the vicinity.

The council receives money from developers which is supposed to be spent on community infrastructure to cope with the added population pressure but under Labour too much of the money from developments in West Hampstead is instead being spent on projects in other wards.

There are still more towers likely to be packed around our tube station in the next few years, and it is vital that some of the money Camden receives from these developments be set aside to improve access to West Hampstead tube station, including a lift.

DAVID BRESCIA
Conservative candidate for West Hampstead ward
IAN COHEN
Conservative candidate for Fortune Green ward