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 …
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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 …
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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 …
“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, …
Let the music play on!
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 …
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 …