labourinwandsworthA new website has been set up by Sadiq Khan MP to help pedestrians, cyclists and other vulnerable road users to map accidents and potential danger spots in and around the Tooting constituency. The aim is to not just identify areas where accidents have occurred, but use local intelligence to identify dangerous locations where an [...]
By Sadiq Khan MP Earlier this week the official e-petition to stop the government’s dangerous NHS reforms smashed through the 100,000 barrier, which means a special committee of MPs will now have to decide whether or not to allow a debate on calls for the government to withdraw the plans. As each day passes opposition [...]
Labour and Tory Councillors have approved plans to modernise and refurbish the adventure playground in Battersea Park with brand new equipment and keep play free. The decision, taken on Wednesday, will now be subject to public consultation. If backed by residents it would mean the playground does not need to introduce an admission charge – and [...]
It was standing room only at a packed public meeting with Ken Livingstone, Labour’s candidate for the 2012 London Mayoral election. After a day touring Wandsworth, from Putney High Street to Clapham Junction and Battersea, Ken took questions and ideas from an audience of hundreds at Holy Trinity Church in Tooting. Amongst the subjects discussed were the economy, transport, health, crime, policing and education. [...]
Reposted from Wandsworth Guardian http://www.wandsworthguardian.co.uk/news/9184042.Tooting_stores_targeted_in_copycat_riots/ Two shops in Tooting had their front windows smashed-in at the weekend as rioting spread across the capital. Vandals shattered the front windows of Ladbrokes, in Franciscan Road, Tooting, and nearby CEX, in Mitcham Road. Wandsworth police today remained tight-lipped about the incidents, which are believed to have taken place [...]
Re-posted from Wandsworth Guardian http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/9172980.MP__expresses_reservations__to_hospital_bosses_over_merger/ Tooting’s MP has revealed he has “expressed reservations” to bosses at St George’s Hospital about a proposed merger with St Helier Hospital. St George’s Healthcare has been formally invited to tender for partnership with the Sutton hospital, including Sutton Hospital and Queen Mary’s Hospital for Children – with a bid [...]
From Sadiq Khan, MP for Tooting Cuts by Wandsworth Council are threatening the future of school crossing patrols (‘lollipop people’) at many of our local schools. We all know how much of a help they are in getting our children across the road safely before and after school, but Wandsworth Council doesn’t want to pay [...]
