The leader of the council says his administration can achieve good things despite the challenges it faces in the coming years.

The Labour administration has now been in control at Harrow Borough Council for 100 days.

Speaking to the Harrow Times, council leader Cllr David Perry said his administration is already meeting its election pledges and is now looking forward.

Pledges include announcing the building of 500 new homes on the Grange Farm estate, 20 minutes' free parking on shopping streets throughout the borough and introducing on-the-spot fines for spitting and littering.

Another proposal is an extra £1million to help tackle domestic violence in the borough, with the first £200,000 to be announced next week.

Cllr Perry said: “I really think we can demonstrate and show we are making headway on the commitments we made to the people of Harrow during our election campaign.

“I believe we can achieve good things in difficult circumstances and there are a lot of positives for us to build on in the future and tackle the difficult challenges ahead.

“We are facing severe cuts in the next four years and we have to meet them head on.

“I think our first 100 days have given us a good foundation after the people of Harrow gave us a mandate to roll out our policies with a stable administration."

Some of the key achievements and pledges mentioned by the Labour group were announced under the previous Conservative and Independent Labour administrations in the last 12 months.

In response Cllr Perry said: “All these achievements were started under the previous Labour administration, and I think it is only fitting that after May’s election we can now roll them out fully.”

Another achievement the Labour leader has claimed is the consultation to the management structure of the council and the role of chief executive.

Labour says this will be the first step in building a solid senior management structure to protect frontline structures.

Proposals to reinstate the role of chief executive will go before cabinet next week with recruitment process to begin later this year.