Success for the Campaign against Dagenham Prison

I wanted you to be the first to know that our campaign against the plan for a massive prison on the old Ford site at Beam Park West has succeeded, with the announcement today that the Ministry of Justice has decided against building Dagenham prison.

We successfully made the argument that it was the wrong place for such a project. Despite London Mayor Boris Johnson having offered the land, Justice Secretary Jack Straw was convinced by our campaign that this was not the right option.

This was a huge victory for people power - you were one of the thousands of local people who signed up to the campaign and said no to Dagenham prison and this success was down to you. I want to thank you for your support for the campaign.

Now we have seen off the threat of Dagenham prison, I want to know what local people would like to see built on the site instead.

Please fill in the survey below to let me know your views:

http://action.joncruddas.org.uk/beamparkwest

We've already show that local people working together can make their voice heard - let's do the same again.

Thanks for all your support,

Jon Cruddas MP

John Cruddas MP, 19/02/2010