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Congratulations to Lewisham's A level students
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It may be the best part of 40 years since I sat A levels but every year when results day comes round memories of just how nerve wracking it was...
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The "Old" Den & 12 Green Flags
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 The schools may have broken up last Friday and the holiday rush is well underway but its still been a busy few days. Lewisham’s Parks have been awarded 12...
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Dealing with Cuts in Public Spending
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As a nation we face very significant cuts in our public services directly resulting from the crisis caused by the irresponsible bankers gambling with all our futures. During the General...
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It was my privilege to attend Lewisham's Armed Forces Day event today at Allerford Road Garden of Remembrance. These were my opening remarks:- "We gather today to join...
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Budget Brings Housing Worry
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Whenever a Chancellor delivers a budget there is a torrent of speculation and comment but the reality takes many months to become apparent. Judgements today about its fairness may prove...
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Stopping Free Swimming is Shortsighted
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We all know that there are going to be difficult decisions to make about public spending but the Government seems to be rushing into making some cuts that haven’t been...
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Fear that cuts are hitting wrong targets
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There is no doubt that we need to reduce public expenditure over the coming years as we continue to deal with the dreadful ecocnomic fallout from the banking crisis. During...
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Congratulations Millwall!
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 It was a great day at Wembley as Millwall won the Play Off final to win promotion back to the Championship. More than 30,000 Millwall fans made Wembley part...
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I would like to thank all the residents of Lewisham who have re-elected me as mayor. I am humbled by the trust that has been placed in me. At a...
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Your Vote On Thursday Will Make A Difference
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 “If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal.”* This is the sort of quote that will always raise a cynical laugh but it simply isn’t true, as this election will...
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 At election time those of us who are directly involved in politics find ithat our lives revolve around knocking on doors, delivering leaflets and increasingly dealing with emails. But life...
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HOW CAN WE CUT OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT?
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There are many aspects to the work we need to do to overcome the environmental threat to our borough and our planet. One of the most urgent is reducing carbon...
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Like everyone else involved in Politics I spent the weekend campaigning rather than enjoying the sunshine. Despite being recognised by many of the people I spoke to it has been...
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Lewisham Children's Care – Some Good News
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Local authorities have responsibilities to look after children from our communities. It is a responsibility that councillors take very seriously. Sometimes I get to meet some of those young people...
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Fire at Temple Grove Primary School
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Late yesterday afternoon there was a very serious fire at Temple Grove Prmary School in New Cross. As it was the school holidays no children were on the site. Major...
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 The funeral of Les Eytle former councillor and Freeman of the borough took place today. He was a man of integrity, fairness and honesty – in every way a good...
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Rushey Green School Opens
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 Vernon Coaker, the Schools Minister, visited Lewisham today to offically open the new Rushey Green Primary School. As well as current staff and students past pupils and teachers were also...
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East London LIne - Coming Soon!
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 The East London Line is now completed and London Overground are training staff and testing out the new service. There will be a limited service operating from the middle...
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Gordonbrock School in Brockley was due to move to temporary premises at Easter so that the school could be rebuilt. The rebuild was originally planned to happen some years ago...
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Why the Future Jobs Scheme really matters
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Being mayor means life is never dull. Today started with a wonderful long eared bunny rabbit and me have our picture taken. Well not just us – we were at...
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