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Labour’s dirty campaigning shocks electorate

Labour's dirty campaigning shocks electorate

The Labour Party are facing calls for an investigation into their campaign tactics after a postcard campaign targeted 250,000 women at risk of breast cancer, saying that a Conservative government would scrap two-week specialist referral for suspected breast cancer patients. Apart from being completely untrue, this type of scaremongering is downright shameless.
Locally, too, Labour have [...]

Kemi at The Dulwich Constitutional Club

Kemi at The Dulwich Constitutional Club

Where: Constitutional Club, East Dulwich Grove, London, SE22 8PW

Date: Thursday 25 February

Time: 7:30pm to 9pm

Free ‘Safe and Secure’ home checks

Free security checks are now available to people across Lambeth. A community project has been awarded Home Office funding to provide locksmiths and handy people…

Free DJ training sessions for young people

A local community group are running a music production course for young people aged between 9 and 19. The Mixtape Project is being run by the Crystal Palace Community Development Trust…

Threat to school places for local children

Extra school places are to be provided from September 2010 at Kingswood Primary School, Gipsy Road. But Labour-controlled Lambeth has proposed plans to place local children last in the queue for places…

Poets’ Corner Road Safety Campaign

Road Safety in Poets’ Corner and surrounding streets was the biggest issue for local residents living in that area, according to our survey in late 2009. Please click here to find out more about what you can do to help.

Meet Your Parliamentary Candidate at The Cambria!

Kemi Adegoke is the Conservative parliamentary candidate for this constituency (Dulwich and West Norwood) which covers Herne Hill and Loughborough Junction.
She will be answering your questions at the Cambria Pub, on Wednesday the 17th of February.
Find out more about why this local resident wants to represent the people of Herne Hill and what she plans [...]

Another Lambeth foul Up

Following our resident survey and a public meeting with parliamentary candidate Kemi Adegoke many of you expressed concern about the amount of dog faeces on our streets.
We have asked Lambeth Council to tackle this issue by putting up fixed penalty signs on the most severely affected streets and robustly enforcing them.
 Research in other London boroughs [...]

Pigeon Droppings – Norwood High Street Railway Bridge

The footpaths under the railway bridge at Norwood High Street are a disgrace. They are constantly covered in pigeon droppings, which is slippery and unhygienic. We have asked the council to jet clean the pavements, which they have done…

Stop the FCC Transport Cuts! (Sign the Petition Here)

Stop the FCC Transport Cuts! (Sign the Petition Here)

This morning I was at Loughborough Junction train station, delivering more of the surveys I handed out at Herne Hill last night.
After the loss of our weekend trains into Central London and the unbelievably bad service over the last 3 months, many people believe the loss of trains to City Thameslink, Farringdon, St. Pancras and [...]

Hamilton Road: Gas Works Planned for 2 Months

Work is scheduled to begin from 25 January on gas pipes along a section of Hamilton Road between the junctions with Clive Road and Gipsy Road. The works could continue up to the end of March…

Threat to green garden waste recycling

Fortnightly green waste collections have been extremely popular with green-fingered residents and Carl, Andrew and Suzanne support the current arrangements, but they were shocked that Lambeth Council won’t guarantee…

Fight for a school in Norwood

Four years after being elected, Lambeth’s Labour-run Council has failed to confirm the site for a much needed primary school in Norwood. Carl, Andrew, Suzanne and Kemi say ‘enough is enough’ and are demanding…

Gipsy Hill Safer Neighbourhoods Panel: 28/01/10

The next public meeting of Gipsy Hill Ward’s Safer Neighbourhoods Panel will be taking place on Thursday 28 January 2010 from 7.00pm at Emmanuel Church, Clive Road, London SE21…

First Capital Connect Train Disruptions – Request for Compensation

I used to regularly take the train from Herne Hill into central London but had to stop because of
- the non-existent service at the weekend
- the shortage of carriages from the station which meant that several times I was unable to catch a train into work because it was too crowded.

First Capital Connect Train Disruptions - Request for Compensation

First Capital Connect Train Disruptions - Request for Compensation

Kemi Adegoke, Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Dulwich & West Norwood requests compensation for First Capital Connect Train customers using the Thameslink service from train stations in the constituency.

Scandals Night Club Licensing Application

A licensing application was submitted before Christmas by new owners to keep open Scandals night club (formerly Southern Pride) until 5am, Monday to Saturday. This would have meant continued early morning disturbance to local residents…

Snow Update

During the recent ‘Big Freeze’ Carl, Andrew and Suzanne demanded that the Council prioritise streets in Dulwich and Norwood. With more snow forecast for later today we’ll be monitoring Lambeth’s response…

Woodland Road Planning Application: Update

Woodland Road is again under threat from over-development and increased parking. Last year a planning application was made to build 12 housing units in 4-storey blocks with no off-street parking on land adjacent to No. 114…

Farquhar Road: Work on Bridge & Road Closure

The bridge from Crystal Palace Parade to Farquhar Road is undergoing necessary repairs. As a result, that part of the road could be closed up until 31 March…