Southwark's Empty Homes crisis deepens
Latest government figures show Southwark is still the ‘Empty Homes Capital’, with eight hundred more Southwark homes empty than last year, bringing the full number to 6,761.
19 Mar 2019
National News
Vince Cable rallies support for the People’s Vote march on Saturday, and jokes it took York 700 years to recover from Rexit (Romans’ Exit)
At the Lib Dem's spring conference in York, Dr Vince Cable joked grumbles about regulations from Rome on straight roads etc contributed to Rexit, from which it took York 700 years to recover. York, his home city, did try the Norway option, but that didn't work out very well with the Viking invasion!
19 Mar 2019
MP secures promise from minister to investigate ‘bogus’ post office consultation
Local MP Tim Farron met with the post office minister Kelly Tolhurst in Westminster this week to raise his concerns about industry bosses treating the closure of Kendal Post Office as a done deal.
19 Mar 2019
MP stands in solidarity with school students calling for action on climate change
South Lakes MP Tim Farron joined dozens of school children in Kendal town centre today who were protesting against climate change.
19 Mar 2019
Heathside School Paved Area & Outdoor Shelter
Weybridge CIL board has received bids for £413,000 and has a fund of £510,000 derived from CIL. Heathside School Paved ...
19 Mar 2019
Broxbourne
Austerity and Knife Crime
According to the Hertfordshire Police, knife crimes have more than tripled across the county since 2014 . Despite knife amnesties and other local initiatives, the trend is remorselessly upwards and Hertfordshire towns are becoming as unsafe as Britain's inner cities. Tragically, over 1,000 young people ( age 10-19) were admitted to UK hospitals with knife injuries last year and 10 teenagers have been killed in just the first two months of 2019.
DP
18 Mar 2019