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Featured local business - Clubtek

Forest

SE23

Hill

I was already a regular visitor to Clubtek’s DJ shop when it was in Penge, but now they're even handier in Stanstead Road, just a few doors down from Shannon’s Garden Centre - another old favourite. It’s by no means just for DJs and bands...

‘Go Home’ Racist Van Meeting in New Cross

Aug

2013

On July 22nd 2013, the Home Office sent its infamous 'Go Home or Face Arrest' vans out on the streets in parts of London, targeting undocumented migrants. The next day, a shopkeeper in Peckham (Sally from Persepolis) tweeted that a racist had shouted that she 'f*** off back home'There's no surprize in this sequence of ...

Worst and Best Lewisham Councillors’ Absenteeism Rates Revealed

Jun

2013

Lewisham councillors' rates of absenteeism, from council and ward business, vary dramatically across the eighteen wards that make up the borough. [...]

Mayor Calls for Freedom to Build

May

2013

Mayor Steve Bullock recently penned a piece, for New Labour pressure group Progress Online, setting out the case for allowing Councils to borrow in order to increase the supply of affordable and social housing. [...]

Brockley Councillor’s MP Bid to Be Derailed by Deptford Debacle?

Apr

2013

Yesterday, the News Shopper broke the news that newly elected Deptford Evelyn ward councillor, some time nurse and midwife, Olufunke Abidoye is under suspension and faces investigation by a professional standards body, the Nursing and Midwifery Council. [...]

Tax Havens, Hedge Funds, Big Oil and Lewisham Pension Scheme

Apr

2013

A review of Lewisham Council’s most recent accounts for 2011/12 provides an insight into how the Council-administered Pension Scheme invests its funds. The post Tax Havens, Hedge Funds, Big Oil and Lewisham Pension Scheme appeared first on alternativeSE4 - a blog for Brockley, Ladywell, Crofton... [...]

Impact of Lewisham Austerity in Numbers

Apr

2013

The Financial Times has put together some stark figures when it comes to the impact of austerity on Lewisham. The post Impact of Lewisham Austerity in Numbers appeared first on alternativeSE4 - a blog for Brockley, Ladywell, Crofton Park and Telegraph Hill. [...]

Council to Cut 250 Jobs

Mar

2013

In response to a Freedom of Information request, Lewisham Council has revealed that one impact of planned cuts in 2013/14 will be the loss of 254 Council posts. [...]

Council Secretly Approves £2m Loan to Lewisham Gateway Developers

Mar

2013

Lewisham Council secretly approved, in June 2012, the borrowing of £2m to loan to the developers of the stalled Lewisham Gateway development. [...]

Tories to Take Brockley in 2014 Council Elections?

Feb

2013

The idea that the Conservative Party could win council seats in Brockley may not be as far-fetched as you think. Here's why... [...]

Deputy Mayor Sets out Policing Strategy for Lewisham

Jan

2013

Stephen Greenhalgh, Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime, visited Lewisham on Monday evening as part of a public consultation event on the future of policing strategy in the borough. [...]