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I'm a councillor in the London Borough of Wandsworth; this blog mainly covers that, sometimes general politics and policy and occasionally anything else that takes my fancy.
Tag Archives: RCS OSC
Weekly wrap-up, 6 November
It seems to have been an oddly quiet week. Regeneration and Community Safety OSC (well, cycling) I posted about the meeting the following day, so will not repeat the points. Except, rather smugly, to point out that I cycled to the meeting. I’m rather pleased that I’ve been managing to keep the cycling up –
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Posted in Community Safety, Weekly report
Also tagged AlertBox, Balham, Battersea Park, cycling, fireworks, Northcote Road, Oxford Circus, Remembrance Day, Southfields, Tooting, Westminster
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Regeneration and Community Safety Committee
I attended the Regeneration and Community Safety Overview and Scrutiny Committee as Executive Member last night. The meeting was largely focused on community safety matters, and was one of the longer ones for a while, perhaps because there were some interesting items on the agenda. You can see the full agenda on the council’s website.
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Posted in Community Safety, Regeneration, Wandsworth
Also tagged Battersea, Fire Service, Labour, Roehampton, Safer Neighbourhood Teams, SNTs, Tooting
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Weekly wrap-up, 4 September
The Union Jack now flies over Wandsworth Town Hall every day. Not the greatest picture, but I’m rather pleased with the result from a phone camera. The council had previously taken a ‘high days and holidays’ approach to flag flying, but recently changed this to keeping the Union Jack flying every day and to be
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Posted in London, Politics, Regeneration, Weekly report
Also tagged Chamber of Commerce, Labour, Nine Elms, recession, Tony Belton, Town Hall, Union Jack, US Embassy
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Weekly report, week ending 26 June
It will be a short on this week, for a few reasons. First, a lot of my time has been spent on those routine meetings that take up a lot of time. Second, I have managed to injure my back, which severely restricted my movement, especially at the beginning of the week. Please direct all
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Posted in Community Safety, Wandsworth, Weekly report
Also tagged Armed Forces Day, casino, Clement Attlee, Community Advice Day, crime, Lessingham Avenue, Portinscale Road, Tooting
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Northcote Road action plan agreed
I have already blogged about our Northcote Road plans so was pleased that these were agreed at the Regeneration and Community Safety OSC on Wednesday night. Peter Dawson, one of the Northcote Councillors, attended the meeting and spoke in support of the plans. Peter has been involved right from the start – standing up for the
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Posted in Regeneration
Also tagged Clapham Junction, Northcote, Northcote Road, town centres
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Why are Labour failing Roehampton?
Last night’s Regeneration and Community Safety Overview and Scrutiny Committee was something of a blast from the past, since the Labour Party spent a lot of time presenting a paper prepared by Stuart King. Stuart was a councillor in Wandsworth from 1998 until 2006 when he lost his seat. He was also the Labour group
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Posted in Regeneration
Also tagged consultation, crime, Labour, Putney, Roehampton, Stuart King, Unemployment
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Keeping Northcote Road special
The council’s plans for Northcote Road will be going before the Regeneration and Community Safety Overview and Scrutiny Committee early next week. They are the end of a process that was started before the recession started to bite, but now times are getting harder the recommendations will really help traders. The basic thrust is to
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Wandsworth fights the recession
With the Christmas hangovers barely worn off today sees the start of Woolworths closure programme. Wandsworth’s stores all close in the New Year, and will leave a big hole in the town centres they are leaving, and a bigger hole in the lives of the employees who are losing their jobs. Shortly before Christmas Edward
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