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Lambeth school cuts – Petition
As we have been banging on about on Twitter, Lambeth council have launched a petition against the recent cuts announced by the coalition Conservative Government to the school building programme in Lambeth. You can sign it here – and please pass it on to your contacts! [Read More]
Clapham Councillor Surgery – Saturday, 24th July
The Clapham town councillors will be holding one of their roving surgeries this weekend at the rear of 42 Clapham Manor Street between 11am and noon. All residents are welcome to come and discuss any issues they might have. If you cant make the surgery then feel free to [Read More]
School cuts in Lambeth
A new week, a new kick in the particulars from the Conservative government. After last week’s VAT rise, we now have the final masterstroke in Michael Gove’s plan to stop that horrific scheme to continue improving schools. You can just see it now, the last Labour [Read More]
Lambeth council’s public meetings
We are a little bit late on the game with this one, as Lambeth has been holding a series of public meetings recently aimed at getting the your views on the services the council provides for a few months now. Some of them have already passed, but as shown below there are a [Read More]
VAT rise goes through …
Well, Vince, Nick and their mate Dave got their VAT rise through the House of Commons on Tuesday night with only a handful of Lib Dem MPs voting against the measure. One who did voice opposition was Andrew George, who tabled an amendment to peg back the increase to [Read More]
VAT rise – still chance to make a difference!
Tomorrow night is VAT night. A key vote in the House of Commons will decide whether or not the Coalition Conservative government’s planned hike in VAT will come into force – and thereby hit millions of people who can least afford it. Vince Cable, who was [Read More]
Lambeth Country Show 2010
It is slightly out of our ward’s boundaries, but nevertheless we thought we’d flag up next week’s Lambeth Country Show, which will be taking place at Brockwell park from 11am to 7pm each day. Full details on the council website – and if you fancy a [Read More]
NHS in Lambeth – public health meeting next Wednesday
Lambeth PCT is having a public meeting about the future of healthcare across the borough – including Clapham Town – next Wednesday at St Mary’s Parish Hall, 1 St. Alphonsus Road off Clapham Park Road, London, SW4 7AS. And we want to hear your views! The meeting [Read More]
Clapham – more VAT and more cuts
As we mentioned last week, Clapham Town is going to be hit very hard by Gideon’s recent budget. It was bad enough watching him next to a grinning Nick “chuckle brother” Clegg while he chucked big parts of our society onto a giant bonfire, but then it was followed up [Read More]
Clapham Town Councillor Surgery – this Saturday!
Contrary to the total rubbish we posted yesterday, this weekend’s surgery will not be taking place at the Clapham Town library. And it wont be hosted by Nigel Haselden. Yes, we had a muppet moment. The surgery will instead be at Heathbrook Hall between 11am and noon. [Read More]
