Kemi debates pensioners’ issues with Harriet Harman MP and Simon Hughes MP in front of the Southwark Pensioners Action Group at the Houses of Parliament (Portcullis House).

After lots of campaigning, First Capital Connect has agreed to give refunds to EVERYONE using their poor service over the last few months and not just season ticket holders.

Read the full story to find out how to claim your refund and more!

Leader of the Conservative Councillors Lewis Robinson is calling for more gritting boxes to be installed around Dulwich.

“Its become quite clear after the recent snowfall before Xmas that the Council’s gritting services have struggled to keep all the main roads open, particularly in areas of Lordship Lane and Crystal Palace – this has got to [...]

<p>When I’m out and about talking to people in Knights Hill, the issue that is most often raised is the problem of dogs fouling on the West Norwood’s pavements. It’s a disgusting problem. It’s unhygienic and unsightly, and residents are right to complain that something should be done.
<p>The trouble is, Labour-run Lambeth Council is showing [...]

That’s what local residents are telling us about the junction at Lordship Lane and Dulwich Common by the Harvester Public House which has no “pedestrian phasing” to enable residents to cross the road without the fear of oncoming traffic.

Your local councillors, Kim, Lewis and Michelle, together with Kemi Adegoke, Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Dulwich have [...]

East Dulwich Conservatives know that primary school places are a pressing issue for local parents – it is a London-wide problem affecting many boroughs, not just Southwark.Unfortunately, the council’s ability to attract government funding has been severely limited as East Dulwich is the only part of Southwark suffering from this acute shortage of places.
Kemi Adegoke, [...]

Our parliamentary candidate, Kemi Adegoke is mentioned in the Londoner’s Diary of today’s evening standard.

You can’t trust Labour on The Carnegie.
In response to requests from local Conservatives Labour have refused to commit to keeping the Carnegie Library in its current grade II listed building.
Local Conservatives first alerted residents to the threat to Carnegie Library after Labour Lambeth approved a recommendation to relocate the Library and sell off the current [...]

Dear Herne Hill Conservative Action Team:
 
Thank you for your note regarding the Carnegie Library.
 
Can I repeat, once again, that Carnegie Library is not closing. I hope that this is sufficiently clear – it is not a difficult statement to understand so I am disappointed that local Conservatives have continued to disseminate misinformation for their [...]

Herne Hill Conservative Action Team,
495 Norwood Road,
SE27 9BP,
Email: conservatives@myhernehill.com
 
20th August 2009
 
Cllr Rachel Heywood,
Cabinet Member for Culture and Communities,
Lambeth Town Hall,
SW2 1RW
Email: rheywood@lambeth.gov.uk
 
Dear Cllr Heywood,
 
Open letter – the future of The Carnegie Library (by email and post)
 
On July 27th 2009 the Lambeth Cabinet approved the Annual Property Performance Report 2008/09 without amendments or challenges to any [...]

The impact of Gordon Brown’s recession has hurt many households’ budgets in Dulwich and local Conservatives are doing their best to help Southwark residents cope by imposing a total freeze on your Council Tax bills this year. 
Conservative Councillors, who hold the balance of power in Southwark, insisted that the Council Tax should be frozen – [...]

Michelle, Kim and Lewis have launched a campaign to improve bus services for residents on the Kingswood Estate. The 931 bus service provides a weekly shopping service to Lewisham and Crystal Palace Parade. Currently it stops outside the estate and elderly residents find it difficult to get to the bus stop. Many residents have signed [...]

Small shops are at the heart of our high streets in Dulwich & West Norwood, Herne Hill and Brixton. They offer diversity and choice and provide a really personal service to their community.
You can find out more about what Dulwich & West Norwood Conservatives are doing to help shops in the area by clicking here
Yet in [...]

Lambeth Council had installed a money-making camera trap at the foot of Salters Hill. Following an extensive campaign by Gipsy Hill Councillor Graham Pycock and several irate drivers the camera was removed. Graham also called successfully for genuine safety improvements at the school crossing at the bottom of the hill.
Graham says: “At last, the turning [...]