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20 Most Recent News Stories
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Thu 24th Apr 2008
Lewisham council last night passed a Liberal Democrat sponsored motion censuring the borough's Labour MPs for their hypocrisy over the Post Office's plans to close three branches in the borough. Two of the MPs have backed local campaigns to maintain Post Offices in their areas, but all three Labour MPs voted to back the closure programme in Parliament.
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Fri 11th Apr 2008
Figures obtained by the Liberal Democrats show that Forest Hill ward has been short-changed by Mayor Livingstone's Safer Neighbourhoods policing scheme. The ward is estimated to be short by 4 uniformed officers compared with next-door Perry Vale and Sydenham wards, which have similar populations and proximity to high streets, schools and stations.
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Mon 7th Apr 2008
Lewisham's 17-strong Liberal Democrat councillor group have submitted a 'none of the above' response to the 'A Picture Of Health' consultation on proposed cuts to NHS hospital services in southeast London.
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Sun 30th Mar 2008
Time's running out to respond to the 'Picture of Health' NHS Consultation. This is a really important consultation for the future of healthcare in our area - proposals in 'A Picture of Health' will see cuts at Lewisham Hospital - including threats to the A&E and maternity units.
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Mon 10th Mar 2008
Alistair Darling should cut Income Tax and scrap Council Tax in his budget this week.
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Tue 19th Feb 2008
Lewisham West & Penge Lib Dems are backing London Mayoral candidate Brian Paddick's campaign to save local post offices.
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Thu 14th Feb 2008
Crystal Palace councillor Tom Papworth has been selected to fight the Bexley & Bromley London Assembly constituency in the London elections on 1st May. The Liberal Democrats came second in Bexley & Bromley at the last elections in 2004, pushing Labour into fourth place.
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Mon 11th Feb 2008
Forest Hill Pools will be reopened with two new swimming pools, a fitness suite and new community space thanks to a 2-year campaign by local councillors, residents and civic societies. The Pools closed in early 2006 due to safety concerns and the Labour Mayor of Lewisham, under the pressure of imminent elections, offered only one new pool or two refurbished old pools with a short lifespan.
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Fri 8th Feb 2008
Lewisham's Labour Mayor, Steve Bullock, failed to turn up for a crucial meeting where his budget proposals for next year were to be scrutinised. The Mayor was required to attend the meeting of the Public Accounts Committee held on Tuesday 5^th February, where councillors and the public would be able to question the Mayor about his proposals for net expenditure of £262m in 2008/9.
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Thu 31st Jan 2008
All interested members of the public are welcome to join Lewisham's Public Accounts Committee as we scrutinise the Mayor of Lewisham's spending plans for 2008/9. The meeting will take place at 7pm on Tuesday 5^th February, in Committee Room 1 at the Town Hall in Catford.
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Thu 24th Jan 2008
Labour Mayor Steve Bullock has rejected a call from Forest Hill Lib Dem councillors Alex Feakes and Philip Peake to apologise to council tenants and leaseholders in the area for the failure of the Council's preferred Chrysalis PFI scheme for the regeneration of social housing. The government chucked out the PFI proposal because it failed to meet the standard required to release funding, citing 90 problems with the bid.
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Sat 5th Jan 2008
Teachers' leaders have joined with Lib Dem MPs and campaigners to highlight the increasing numbers of children with special educational needs (SEN) being excluded from schools. Figures unearthed by Liberal Democrat Education spokesman David Laws MP show that over half of all exclusions now involve SEN pupils, up from 45 per cent four years ago, and throws into doubt the recent drive by Lewisham Council to increase the number of SEN children taught in mainstream schools rather than by specialist provision.
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Tue 18th Dec 2007
LIBERAL Democrats in Lewisham West & Penge constituency have welcomed the election of Nick Clegg as the new Leader of the Party. The result of the vote of Liberal Democrat members was announced on Tuesday 18th December.
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Sat 15th Dec 2007
Years of neglect by Labour and Tory Governments and local councils have seen town centres in the area suffer a slow decay. A combination of bureaucratic regulation, a lack of clear Government strategy and deference to big retailers have left local businesses and shops facing an uphill struggle to meet changing shopping habits.
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Thu 29th Nov 2007
Rumours of some months past have been confirmed with the release of papers which state that the Mayor of Lewisham is being advised to cancel the complex 'Chrysalis PFI4' project for delivering decent homes to 3,700 households in Forest Hill and Sydenham.
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Sun 25th Nov 2007
Local Residents and Lib Dem Councillors call for Road Safety Improvements on Kirkdale, Forest Hill.
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Wed 14th Nov 2007
Residents in Forest Hill are still waiting for the refurbishment of our pools, despite promises from Lewisham Mayor Sir Steve Bullock that the works would start this year.
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Mon 12th Nov 2007
Local residents in Perry Vale ward have responded in huge numbers to the recent Lib Dem Residents' Survey. The survey asked for residents' views on a range of issues from crime, environment and transport through to health, education and local democracy.
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Mon 5th Nov 2007
Lib Dem parliamentary spokesman for Lewisham West & Penge, Cllr Alex Feakes, has launched a huge 'Ask the people' questionnaire in the constituency. Over 25,000 homes will get a Residents' Survey this year, which covers questions on crime, environment, health and education.
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Wed 31st Oct 2007
Forest Hill Lib Dem councillor Alex Feakes, who chairs Lewisham Council's Public Accounts Select Committee, has written to the government protesting about proposals to change the way councils are funded. The proposals would reclassify Lewisham as an outer London borough for some calculations, and could see Lewisham lose up to £19m, or over 11%, of its total grant from the government.
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