London Liberal Democrat Mayoral Candidate, Brian Paddick, and Assembly Member Caroline Pidgeon, joined London Assembly Constituency candidate for Lewisham and Greenwich, John Russell and the Sydenham Society, the Forest Hill Society and local residents on Saturday the 18th of February to campaign against any closure of Sydenham Police station. Doubts have been raised about the [...]
Cllr. Chris Maines has called on Lewisham Council to set up an urgent task force to bring Lewisham’s 2,000 empty properties back into use. Cllr. Maines expressed his concern following figures which revealed that 2,000 properties in the borough are sitting empty, whilst over 17,000 Lewisham families wait for homes on the Council’s Housing Register. [...]
Cllr. Duwayne Brooks welcomed the announcement by the new Metropolitan Police Commissioner that stop and search powers are to be reviewed in a motion to full Council on 25 January 2012. The motion, which was seconded by Cllr Chris Maines, received cross-party support, and was backed all Lewisham Councillors present. In his speech, Cllr. Brooks [...]
