

She, Kate Foley, used us at the right moments, she would bring all the public agencies together." 'Key people passionate about making Lozells equal'Ī political shift from Labour to Conservatives in 2010 saw 'a lot of services cut down' in Lozells, leading to spiralling crime, claims Eddy Aigbe -community leader and artist. The kind of unity he's calling for reminds Saeed of the 'only ever time Lozells had a golden period', the two years between 2008 - 2010.

"But I don’t want more strategies, I want people to put their hands up that they need to do better." It’s amazing for police to say they earned their stripes in Lozells. "We never get a police inspector that hangs about for more than three years, because of the way it’s set up they want to progress. "Staff are around for two years, but when new people come they say 'I’m so sorry but I wasn’t around then'," he says. A dumped sofa sits beneath a police warning on a street in Lozells
