Hamish | hamishbadenoch@yahoo.com | 10 posts
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.
February 11, 2010
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 [...]
November 21, 2009
Kemi is campaigning for more countdown signs all over the constituency, including in Herne Hill.
October 12, 2009
We are very grateful for the support from everyone in the Herne Hill community, especially those residents we've met along the way who have come out to help us deliver our leaflets.
September 11, 2009
Yesterday, I attended a meeting of the Brixton Area Leaseholders Forum. As a leaseholder I know first hand the frustration with Lambeth housing services: incorrect service charges, rip-off maintenance charges, and terrible service levels. Lambeth housing is in melt down. Every leaseholder has their own horror story to tell. People are angry and frustrated at how [...]
August 17, 2009
Events have moved quickly since we first alerted you to the threat to Carnegie Library which Labour-controlled Lambeth Council is considering selling off for private flats. Labour councillors and the local MP have sought to dismiss the threat to the library. Yet the facts are there in black and white: the “Building operates well as a [...]
August 5, 2009
The Labour Cabinet has passed a report stating about Carnegie Library that the: “Building operates well as a library however its location is not ideal and suffers from low service numbers, high maintenance and high running costs. High running costs and poor location suggest this facility should be closed and relocated to Herne Hill. This [...]
August 2, 2009
Unless we fight proposed cuts, all three train stations serving this community, (Herne Hill, Denmark Hill and Loughborough Junction) as well as other stations close by such as Tulse Hill and Streatham will be hit by extreme cuts in service following changes proposed in the Thameslink Programme: The entire South [...]
August 2, 2009
In response to the shortage of primary school places in Herne Hill, the Conservative action team is proposing that new schools should be built on the Railton Road and Somerleyton Road sites identified. It is the responsibility of the local council to ensure that every child has a primary school place. Lambeth [...]
March 12, 2009
Labour is wasting money nationally and locally in Lambeth Labour Lambeth has rejected a lawful alternative Conservative budget that would have cut Council Tax by 1.5 per cent to help hard pressed residents hit by the government’s failure to manage the economy. Building on the example shown by Mayor Boris at City Hall, the Conservative budget proposed [...]
February 16, 2010