‘news’ Archives
Venn street market this weekend!
Although the weather is currently a bit nuts, hopefully it will have settled down for this weekend’s Venn Street market which will take place near Clapham Common tube. As our local paper put it: The market, which take over Clapham’s Venn Street on the last weekend of [Read More]
Lambeth council leader on local cuts
Over on audio boo there is a recording of council leader Steve Reed’s speech to the council about the impact of the “Tory budget”, particularly the way central cuts are likely to filter down locally. This includes the millions being axed from the local school building [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]
Budget cuts – everyone will suffer
The Conservative – sorry, I mean Coalition – government unveiled its crash and burn budget this week as Im sure many of you will have noticed, mainly because it hits every single ordinary person in the UK hard. The Tories and their Lib Dem lackeys did their best to sell [Read More]
Clapham Town Labour Councillors re-elected
Thank’s to voters across Clapham Town Ward your three Labour councillors have been re-elected to represent you for the next four years. Your support and feedback was crucial in helping us improve our local community in the past four years, and we look forward to [Read More]
Your chance to get involved
Over the next few months, millions of people across the country who care about Britain’s will help choose the next leader of the Labour Party. Here in Clapham many of you have expressed your dimay at the Coalitions Governments plans – here is one way you can play [Read More]
