Cllr Alan Hall has been re-elected Chair of Lewisham Council’s Overview & Scrutiny Committee at the AGM held on Monday, 27th March 2017. At the meeting the full OSC agreed to respond to the Department for Communities and Local Government Parliamentary Select Committee’s Inquiry into overview and scrutiny in local government. The Committee is considering whether …
Author Archives: Alan Hall
Keep our historic gas holders say residents opposed to new supermarket
Supermarket chain Aldi have submitted plans to Lewisham Council to demolish the landmark gasholders (or gasometers) at Bell Green, Lower Sydenham and build a food store and coffee shop. Local residents voiced their concerns about the removal of the gasholders and the impact of another supermarket (there is already a Sainsbury’s hypermarket on site with …
Continue reading “Keep our historic gas holders say residents opposed to new supermarket”
Save Sydenham Crown Post Office
HUGE COMMUNITY SUPPORT TO SAVE SYDENHAM CROWN POST OFFICE Hundreds sign petition in a couple of hours IN JUST A COUPLE OF HOURS OVER 300 PEOPLE SIGNED A PETITION TO SAVE SYDENHAM CROWN POST OFFICE FROM CLOSURE ON SATURDAY “The response was amazing” said Sydenham councillor Liam Curran, Chair of Lewisham Council’s Sustainable Development Committee …
Save Lewisham’s Crown Post Offices in New Cross and Sydenham
CAMPAIGN TO SAVE LEWISHAM POST OFFICES MOVES FROM SECOND CLASS TO FIRST CLASS “Stamp of approval” given to save Sydenham Crown Post Office LEWISHAM COUNCILLOR LIAM CURRAN, Chair of the Sustainable Development Committee, announced this week that a campaign to save two Lewisham Crown Post Offices has “now moved from a Second Class to a …
Continue reading “Save Lewisham’s Crown Post Offices in New Cross and Sydenham”
Fighting for ‘Our NHS’
The Tory Government will set out its spending plans in the Budget on Wed 8 March. It is widely believed that the Chancellor will have some money to play with. On Sat 4 March thousands packed central London streets to plead for more cash for our overstretched NHS. Local Councils are setting their budgets up …
Lewisham Co-operative Party Annual Report by Cllr Alan Hall
Cllr Alan Hall said: “Thank you for re-electing me Chair of Lewisham Co-operative Party and I look forward to a busy year.” My report is below: CHAIR’S REPORT TO AGM 2017 By Alan Hall I think we will all remember 2016 as a very bad year with the …
Continue reading “Lewisham Co-operative Party Annual Report by Cllr Alan Hall”
We Care – Budget Speech 2017
Councillor Alan Hall spoke on behalf of Lewisham Labour at the full Council Budget setting meeting on Wednesday, 22nd February to accept the Mayor of Lewisham’s proposed budget. He said: “No-one likes us we don’t care! That is not the motto of the London Borough of Lewisham. We will be increasing local taxes on residents …
“MORE MAYORS THAN YOU COULD SHAKE A STICK AT” – HOUSE OF LORDS CHARITY RECEPTION A GREAT SUCCESS
LEWISHAM’S CHAIR OF SCRUTINY COUNCILLOR ALAN HALL has hailed the involvement of Lewisham Young Mayor’s team in a recent fundraising reception at The House of Lords as a great success. Councillor Alan Hall said: “The afternoon began with a tour of the Houses of Parliament. That is always a fascinating experience and I think it …
NEW ANIMAL WELFARE CHARTER REFLECTS A DUTY UPON COUNCIL AND RESIDENTS TO RESPECT AND CARE FOR ALL CREATURES
LEWISHAM’S LEADING SCRUTINY COUNCILLOR ALAN HALL HAS WELCOMED THE OVERDUE ADOPTION OF A NEW ANIMAL CHARTER FOR LEWISHAM SAYING: “The joy and fascination we all derive from pet animals and wildlife brings with it a responsibility on us all – both council and residents in partnership – to care and look after them and the …
Independent Inquiry into New Bermondsey Development and Millwall FC Land Grab – Update
Following further revelations in The Guardian newspaper on 14th February, Councillor Alan Hall said at a meeting of Lewisham Council’s scrutiny committee held on the same day: “I welcome the Mayor’s [of Lewisham’s] decision to resign as a Trustee and Director on the board of Surrey Canal Sports Foundation. There remain many questions surrounding the organization and, …