A RENAISSANCE IN MUSIC FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF LEWISHAM has been given the seal of approval by Lewisham Council’s leading scrutiny committee. Business Panel Chair Cllr Alan Hall and fellow committee members welcomed the reinvention of Lewisham’s Music Service into a charity and its future relocation to The Fellowship Inn in Bellingham run by …
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Millwall and the CPO – fresh questions
On Tuesday evening 31st January, Lewisham Council’s scrutiny Business Panel held its first meeting since 3 separate statements were issued by the Mayor and Cabinet on the Compulsory Purchase Orders relating to Millwall FC and other businesses and individuals. The Business Panel – made up of the Chairs of all the council’s scrutiny committees – …
BOROUGH WATER CRISIS MEETING MOVED – DUE TO WATER CRISIS AT TOWN HALL! -“Two to three thousand incidents a year is just too many”
Councillor Alan Hall, Lead Scrutiny Councillor for Lewisham called in Thames Water to a meeting on Monday night (23/1/17) about the growing number of serious water incidents across the borough; but they had to move it urgently – due to a serious water incident at the Town Hall. The meeting was to discuss the increasing …
“OVERTURN MILLWALL FC COMPULSORY PURCHASE ORDERS NOW” SAYS LEADING SCRUTINY COUNCILLOR ALAN HALL: 45 Councillors back his call for Independent Inquiry
Tonight, Monday, 23rd January 2017, Lewisham Council’s non-executive councillors backed the London authority’s leading Labour Scrutiny Councillor Alan Hall in his call for an Independent Inquiry into the Surrey Canal Sports Foundation. Councillor Alan Hall said the Foundation’s key role in securing support for the controversial New Bermondsey Development in Lewisham should be the subject …
Surrey Canal Sports Foundation – My Letter to Barry Quirk, Chief Executive – Lewisham Council
Following a report in The Guardian I have taken the unusual step of writing formally to the Chief Executive of the London Borough of Lewisham, Barry Quirk CBE. The full text of my letter is here: Dear Barry, Surrey Canal Sports Foundation Earlier today, The Guardian published an article on the Surrey Canal Sports Foundation. The article …
Lewisham Council – Community, Civic and Public Services
Some key things happened at the full Lewisham Council meeting held on Wednesday, 18th January 2017. The most significant one being a very moving performance of a selection of songs by the Cantonial Choir and Catford Synagogue led by Rev David Rome to mark Holocaust Momorial Day. Lewisham’s event is at the Rivoli Ballroom on …
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TORY GOVERNMENT MUST FUND NHS PROPERLY NOW
Under instruction from the Government, new health proposals across England have been drawn up called Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs): The STP for our area called “Our Healthier South East London” has now been published with the far greater detail requested by Lewisham Labour. We are worried about the severe funding cuts to the NHS …
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Picnic for Peace – Let’s keep together
Cllr Alan Hall has issued a Statement in Support of the Pinic for Peace on Hilly Fields on Saturday, 2nd July on Hilly Fields. The statement reads: “I think that you, the parents, families and friends behind Picnic For Peace have come up with a wonderful idea. Marches and demonstrations in central London can be …
Lewisham’s Ambulance Response Times On the Up after Council Questions
Councillor Alan Hall, Chair of Lewisham Council’s Overview and Scrutiny Committee, called in the London Ambulance Service this week to respond and explain why ambulance service response times are slower in Lewisham than those in neighbouring boroughs. At a Town Hall scrutiny meeting on Tuesday 19th July London Ambulance Service’s Assistant Director of Operations Graham Norton …
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Bellingham By Election – Sue storms home to victory
Sue Hordijenko, Lewisham Labour’s candidate, won the Bellingham By-Election with 57% of the vote on Thursday, 21st July. Sue has pledged to work hard for residents of Bellingham on Lewisham Council taking up issues like the Bakerloo Line extension to Lower Sydenham and improving Beckenham Place Park. Sue said: ‘I have never, ever, felt more proud …
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