The appointment of another Youth Spokesperson by Lewisham Labour Mayor has been branded a waste of public money by Liberal Democrat Councillor, Chris Maines. The Mayor announced at the Council AGM that he was appointing, in addition to a Cabinet Member for Children and Young People and a Young Mayor with a team of advisers, [...]
Cllr. Chris Maines has urged Lewisham Council to treat with care a man who has been sleeping in a self constructed camp on Blackheath. The man, believed to be from Afghanistan, has been in residence for several years. “This person “lives” feet away from where the Ministry of Defence want to install a Rapier Missile [...]
Cllr. Julia Fletcher has called upon Lewisham Council to support The Times Newspaper’s ‘Cities fit for Cycling’ campaign and improve the safety of cyclists on Lewisham’s roads. In a motion to full Council on Wednesday 29 February, Cllr. Fletcher urged the Mayor of Lewisham to take steps to improve cyclists’ safety in the borough, as [...]
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 [...]
Cllr. Chris Maines has called for cheaper fares on public transport in London for passengers travelling before 7.30am. Speaking at a Lewisham Council this week, the leader of the Liberal Democrats said that reduced fares would help ease overcrowding during the rush hour, and would assist low paid workers who have early starts. Cllr. Maines [...]
Caroline Pidgeon, leader of the Liberal Democrats on the London Assembly, joined local campaigners last week in the fight for safer pedestrian crossing at a busy junction in central Lewisham. The Courthill Road / Lewisham High Street intersection has seen many accidents, and local Lib Dem councillors originally asked Transport for London (TfL) to improve [...]
