Bellingham and Lewisham in the news
Sydenham Crown Post Office is under threat of closure. In a list of Crown Post Offices under threat New Cross and Sydenham Post Offices are included. Councillor Alan Hall said: “The post office is a vital public service. Please come and support it at the public meeting on Thursday, 18th May in the Sydenham Centre …
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On hearing the news that Labour’s ruling National Executive Committee have made their decision on who fights Lewisham West & Penge constituency in the General Election on 8th June. Cllr Alan Hall, former constituency Chair and Chair of Lewisham Labour Group of councillors, welcomed the decision saying: “I am very pleased that we have …
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On hearing the news that Lewisham West & Penge Member of Parliament Jim Dowd has decided not to stand in the General Election called for 8th June 2017, former Chair, Lewisham West and Penge Labour Party and Lewisham Labour Councillor Alan Hall said: “Jim Dowd has decided to retire after 25 years in public service …
Amanda Miles founder of My Aerial Home School and Cllr Alan Hall
The Easter weekend saw the Tall Ships Festival on the river Thames. The Tall Ships Festival is anchored along the Thames from Deptford Creek to Woolwich. Deptford’s Build the Lenox project gave out information flyers about the project to build a replica of the HMS Lenox at Convoy’s Wharf on the Deptford river bank. HMS Lenox …
Millwall Football Club has been named ‘Family Club of the Year’ by the English Football League. The Family Club of the Year honours the club that best demonstrates outstanding delivery of activity to attract and retain families at games. This is a tremendous achievement and a credit to our local, Lewisham football club. Lewisham Councillor Alan …
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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 …
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 …
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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 …
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 …
