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On Friday 26th June I joined Tessa Jowell MP, Val Shawcross AM and other local campaigners outside Denmark Hill Rail Station to campaign against the proposed cut to the South London Line. The South London Line currently runs every half hour between Victoria and London Bridge via Battersea Park, Wandsworth Road, Clapham High Street, Denmark Hill, Peckham Rye, Queens Rd Peckham and South Bermondsey. It has recently been announced that Transport for London plan to withdraw the service completely. There is a lot of concern about this proposal and I have been contacted by many of my constituents who, like...
I recently promised to meet quarterly with the Young Labour National Committee, and the first of these meetings took place on Tuesday 23rd June. The meeting - which was also attended by Dawn Butler MP, (Vice Chair for young people), was very productive and discussed lots of different issues ranging from the current political situation to ways of getting more young women elected to Parliament....
This morning I visited Peckham Park Primary School with local councillors Cllr Tayo Situ and Cllr Ola Oyewumni. I spoke to parents as they dropped their children at the school and some of the teachers as they arrived. I met with the interim Head Teacher Mrs John Shepperd and discussed how things are going with the school. I was asked by some of my constituents to assist them with some personal issues which I will take up on their behalf with Southwark Council....
I have been determined to ensure that users are given what was promised when the Emergency Clinic at the Maudsley Hospital opposite Kings College Hospital was closed in 2007 - which was a "safe and secure" space "adjacent" and “separate” to the A&E department in Kings for patients with mental health emergencies. Southwark PCT recently consulted on the plans which showed cubicles dotted around the emergency department and no separate and secure space as agreed. I campaigned with Southwark Mind and South London MPs Tessa Jowell MP and Kate Hoey MP asking Southwark PCT reconsider these plans. On 17th June...
The most important thing for parents in this area is for their children to do well in school. I was proud to visit the head, teachers and pupils at Sacred Heart School today to celebrate their 50th anniversary. I met with a group of year 9 pupils to congratulate them on their hard work and the school's excellent results. The Government is strongly committed to secondary education. Since 1997 the Government has more than doubled the investment in education in Southwark from 115 million in 1998 to 242 million in 2008. I am delighted that the GCSE results for Camberwell...
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The Equality Bill - On Friday 24th April 2009 the Equality Bill was introduced in the House of Commons. Click here to find out what it will mean. East London Line Phase II gets the go-ahead Plans to redevelop the Emergancy Department at Kings College Hospital.
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