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I am delighted to announce that Liane Segal will be my Mayoress of Lewisham for the next year. Liane fled Nazi occupied Europe on the Kindertransport aged 7. Liane has been a longstanding campaigner against racism & antisemitism. Let’s share her story. We are
#RefugeesWelcome
!🌈
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Thank you to the people of Kingswood, I am honoured to have been elected as your MP.
The Tories have failed Kingswood, and Britain. The country needs change and this changed Labour Party is ready to change the country.
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Lewisham is becoming a Sanctuary Borough for refugees, migrants & asylum seekers.
That’s why we’ve announced the removal of the Home Office official at
@LewishamCouncil
.
Thank you to our local activist groups who have worked with us to make this happen.
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The government is failing in it’s most basic duty and it’s truly shameful.
We can’t stand by and let this happen which is why I am proud that
@LewishamCouncil
will be supporting schools to provide free school meals this half term.
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We did it! I’m delighted we have been awarded Borough of Culture 2021! This is an incredible opportunity for
@LewishamCouncil
thank you
@SadiqKhan
&
@JustineSimons1
, we can’t wait to get started!
Sign up for updates & to get get involved 👉🏻
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Some good news - we’ve secured £24m investment for Lewisham Town Centre!
Money will be used to improve the market with an all-weather canopy, a renovated library with rooftop cafe, plants and trees, refurbished clock tower, space to cycle, space to walk.
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A huge thank you to the people of Lewisham for electing me to serve as their Mayor and for putting their trust in Labour
#ForTheMany
🌹
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Delighted to have been selected as Labour's candidate for Lewisham Mayor. Thank you to all the volunteers who helped make this possible! 😊🌹
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Today we formally welcomed 13 new refugee families to Lewisham. All of them spoke about the warm welcome they have received. A heartfelt thank you to everyone involved and to our amazing Lewisham community for supporting this programme. 💖
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Thank you Bristol North East Labour members for selecting me to be your parliamentary candidate.
To represent Labour in the area I’m from, know and love is the greatest honour and I’m looking forward to getting on the doorstep to campaign across our new constituency.
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Thank you for everyone’s support and re-electing me as your Mayor.
It’s been a big team effort, thank you to everyone who’s given up their time to help.
Looking forward to working for everyone in Lewisham! 🌹
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Last year was a big one for me. I became Lewisham’s Mayor & also converted to Judaism.
As a Labour representative I’ve been anxious talking about the latter, but it’s something I’m proud of & has a positive impact on my life.
Thanks to friends, family,
@BromleyShul
for support.
‘Sometimes you feel like you’re hiding something,’ says Labour mayor Damien Egan of converting to Judaism. Speaking for the first time, he says he fears the reaction of some in his party
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Lewisham's 1st wild swimming pond is coming to Beckenham Place Park!🏊♀️
Thanks to
@SadiqKhan
who has granted us £440k, which will also be used to plant 1000s of new trees.🌳
Look forward to working with
@SophieMcGeevor
to improve one of our best parks!
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📊This by-election is going to be close. We can win in Kingswood, but we need your help.
Drop in to our campaign office and play your part in making history.
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Thank you
@Keir_Starmer
! Every conversation we have in Kingswood will be so important.
It’s time for change in Kingswood.
Great to be on the phones with
@Feargal_Sharkey
today speaking to voters for the fantastic
@Gvkitchen
in Wellingborough and
@damienegan
in Kingswood.
It's time for change. Only Labour will deliver it.
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Tonight we’ve formally terminated the old Millwall land sale agreement.
I’m delighted we’ve agreed a way forward. Thank you
@MillwallFC
and Renewal for working so hard this past year. Millwall has a long history in Lewisham- this helps the club grow and brings more social homes.
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In memory of George Floyd, Lewisham will be joining other councils around the country in lighting our Town Hall purple tonight.
We must stand together against racism and fight inequality wherever it takes place.
#BlackLivesMatter
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Thank you for having me on the show and for highlighting food poverty in Lewisham.
London is the wealthiest city in Europe and it’s wrong that so many children are left to go hungry and families are forced to rely on food banks.
"I was growing up on free school meals, we went through very serious housing issues, my mum really struggled. But when I look at families today, it's so much tougher"
Mayor of Lewisham Damien Egan on free school meals
#politicslondon
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🇪🇺 On behalf of Lewisham I’ve written to
@theresa_may
to ask for a People’s Vote on any Brexit deal. Lewisham voted overwhelmingly to Remain in the EU & our councillors have unanimously voted to support a
#PeoplesVote
too! 🇪🇺
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LTNs have split opinion across the country, but as a Council we have a responsibility to follow the evidence and take action to address the climate emergency.
Read more about why it is being recommended that the revised LTN is retained, with continued monitoring.
We are recommending that the revised Lewisham and Lee Green Low Traffic Neighbourhood is retained – with ongoing air quality and traffic monitoring as well as additional environmental measures
Read more – including the full report to Mayor and Cabinet⬇️
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This is where I grew up - it's a privilege to be the Labour candidate for Kingswood in the upcoming by-election.
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It’s been our first day in the office today. We wanted to get to work straight away delivering for Lewisham on the promises we made in the election. Here is what we’ve announced today.
#ForTheMany
#Labour
🌹
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This by-election is personal...
Kingswood is where I'm from. I want to use my experience to make positive change in our community.
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Sending my deepest condolences to the family of Maggie from Maggie’s Cafe.
A much loved Lewisham Legend.
Home of the best breakfast in London, endless cups of proper tea and of course the special sauce!
Most of all it’s Maggie’s warmth & hospitality we all remember so fondly.
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Just signed letters inviting representatives of Millwall and Renewal to meet me in the Town Hall. I will not support a development that doesn’t have the support of our community and I want to protect Millwall's future in Lewisham. Now it's time to get both sides talking.
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🙌 Lewisham is insourcing! 🙌 We’ve brought our maintenance service back in-house & more services will follow.
The Maintenance Team will join another 45 people who we’ve taken off agency contracts & made permanent
@LewishamCouncil
employees since May’s election.
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Thank you to Lewisham Labour Party members, trade unions and affiliates for reselecting me as your candidate for Mayor of Lewisham in 2022 🌹
We're working hard to show the difference Labour can make when we’re bold, radical and unite together.
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Delighted to announce I am nominating
@JanetDaby
as Deputy Mayor of Lewisham. Building on her great work in community safety and as an committed local activist, Janet will also have responsibility for children’s social care
#ForTheMany
🌹
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There are just nine days to go before polls open in Kingswood. A Labour gain here takes us one step closer to a Labour government.
Thank you
@HarrietHarman
for coming down to help the campaign.
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1,000s celebrating Chanukah in the Square this evening, lovely message of support from
@SadiqKhan
💖
#HappyChanukah
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I'm from Kingswood and I’m running to be our new Labour candidate for Bristol North East.
There's a better way to do politics - one that works with people and the community to make real, lasting change.
I spoke to
@BristolLive
about what I stand for.
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Lewisham is the 35th most deprived area in England, but is only in the second round of funding from the so-called ‘Levelling Up Fund’.
We’ve written to
@RishiSunak
to ask why have we been de-prioritised for funding whilst richer areas, such as his own, are prioritised?
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Tonight
@LewishamCouncil
agreed that no child in our schools will be denied a free school meal because of their parents' immigration status. Now the Government must end the hostile environment!
Thank you
@chris_barnham
@SakinaZS
@SteviePenfold
@NELMAcampaigns
@labfreemvmt
#NRPF
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🇪🇺 While there is never ending chaos in Westminster, Lewisham has not changed. We are becoming a Sanctuary Borough for migrants, will continue to stand up for all our residents from across Europe & we are calling for a People’s Vote. Lewisham is open! 🇪🇺
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I’m very sorry to share the news that Councillor Sue Hordijenko has passed away. Sue was an extremely kind and compassionate woman who was a fantastic ward councillor to the residents of Bellingham. We will miss her deeply.
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Today Lewisham has been awarded funding for 384 new council homes from
@SadiqKhan
. Thank you
@jamesmurray_ldn
for supporting our bid. Now over to me &
@PaulBell1971
to get them built!
🏡🏡🏡
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I’m delighted to announce that local homeless charity, the 999 Club in Deptford, will be our new Mayor’s Charity!
Homelessness is an issue close to my heart & as the ‘Mayor’s Charity’ I will be working with the 999 Club to help them raise money to support their excellent work. 💗
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We’ve been out on the doors across Emersons Green, New Cheltenham and Cadbury Heath today, hearing the same thing again and again from voters: it’s time for change.
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NEW: Tonight I've set out plans for a 20 year annual count of independent shops & restaurants and BAME owned businesses in Lewisham.
Lewisham is home to so many diverse businesses but with a recession coming we have to protect them and stop chains dominating our high streets.
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In less than 48 hours, voters here in Kingswood will be at the polls choosing our new MP.
It’s time for change here and across the country. Let’s deliver it.
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Condolences to the family and friends of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a man who had a special connection to Lewisham.
His first parish, in the 70s, was in Grove Park where a peace garden is dedicated to him in Chinbrook Meadows and he was awarded Freedom of the Borough in 1990.
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Thank you
@SadiqKhan
for our two new water fountains to go in Lewisham’s parks! We’re proud to support the
#OneLess
campaign to reduce single use plastics. 💦
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Meet Lewisham’s new Mayoresses!
Our amazing trio Christine, Dawn and Natasha are volunteers
@StoreEvelyn
and have been helping 100s of families during lockdown. As Mayoresses they’ll highlight the work of our borough’s community sector. To all our volunteers, thank you. 💕
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🏅We made it!🏅
Thank you for all the kind messages and donations for
@The999Club
A really special afternoon that we’ll never forgot. Thank you to everyone who came to cheer us on.
It you’re thinking about running next year, do it - you won’t regret!
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Today we made our final pitch to
@LDN_Culture
for Lewisham’s bid to be London Borough of Culture.
Thank you to everyone who has helped us put together a really strong bid that will have a lasting cultural legacy in our borough.🤞
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Tonight Barbara Gray will become our new Mayoress of Lewisham!
Barbara is a committed health expert & will also be our Mayor and Council Advisor on BAME health inequalities. We looking forward to working with you, Barbara! 🏅
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Delighted that plans for the restoration of the Ladywell Playtower are progressing!
The proposals will see the Playtower restored and opened as a new independent cinema – with all staff paid the London Living Wage.
Find out more at
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It’s official, Lewisham is on the shortlist for London Borough of Culture! 🙌🙌🙌
Thank you
@justinesimons1
and the Culture Team at the GLA. We’re excited to have this opportunity to make the case for Lewisham!
RACE IS ON!! Just announced 7 boroughs in the running for next London Borough of Culture 🏆
@MayorofLondon
@yourcroydon
@Royal_Greenwich
@LBofHounslow
@LewishamCouncil
@haringeycouncil
@LBHF
@SuttonCouncil
#LondonBoroughOfCulture
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It’s official, Lewisham’s parks have been ranked best in London by
@ParksforLondon
.🌲💚
This wouldn’t be possible without our amazing parks team and of course our dedicated volunteers and parks users groups.
Here we’re celebrating earlier! 🎉🎉🎉
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Amazing to meet
#LittleAmal
in Deptford where we gave her a Lewisham welcome.
Amal’s story is similar to many travelling thousands of miles to find safety and be reunited with their family.
I’m so proud Lewisham is a Borough of Sanctuary.
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We kicked off
@WeAreLewisham
London Borough of Culture this morning at Brockley station!
Live music from Fat Brass set an amazing buzz for the rest of today, with 50 events helping to launch
#Lewisham2022
Find the full programme and how to get involved:
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I am nominating
@kevinbonavia
as Cabinet Member for Democracy, Refugees & Accountability. Kevin will lead the Local Democracy Review we announced in our manifesto and lead on our pledge to become a Sanctuary Borough by expanding our refugee resettlement programme
#ForTheMany
🌹
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Bristol North East is the place that made me. My family’s here and I want to serve the people I grew up with, know and love.
There’s a better way to do politics. I’ll be the positive, committed, people-focused Labour MP that our community deserves.
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I am delighted to say I will be nominating
@Brenda_Dacres
to be the new Deputy Mayor of Lewisham.
Brenda is a visible local leader, absolutely rooted in her community, and I really value her support and friendship.
Brenda will take on the role from the council's AGM in May.
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The decision to reinstate Chris Williamson is grotesque, chilling & wrong. It also takes Labour further away from government at a time when communities like mine, in Lewisham, are desperate for an end to austerity.
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I have just had the most inspiring visit to my old school with
@Keir_Starmer
. We spoke to the students about Labour's plan to break down the barriers to opportunity... they certainly have bright futures ahead of them!
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Tonight we celebrated Alex Yee’s Olympics success by presenting him with the first-ever Mayor of Lewisham Recognition Award.
Brockley boy Alex won Gold & Silver medals in the Tokyo Olympics - inspiring the next generation of Lewisham athletes! 🥇🥈
@Lixsanyee
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Family is everything. Spending these weeks with mum, sisters, new and old friends, and meeting 100s of Labour members in Bristol North East has been really special.
Thank you to everyone who has given me their support and for all the love and kindness.
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Kingswood needs a change - come down to 42 Regent Street to get involved with our campaign.
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Our parks are the only green spaces many Lewisham families have and we really want to keep them open.
Please keep this in mind and keep two meters from others when you’re using them.
#StayHome
#protecttheNHS
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Beautiful event in Lewisham today as we celebrated 50 children who have learnt how to travel to school & college on their own.
These children needed a little extra help to build up their confidence but they have achieved so much - truly inspiring! Thank u to all our trainers.😊
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This is amazing 💓 Thank you to everyone at Lewisham Hospital for everything you are doing for our borough!
#stayhomesavelives
This gratitude from NHS staff is just breathtaking 💙
In addition to putting their lives at risk to care for other people, the are now clapping YOU for staying at home
Please RT if you're grateful
WE WILL BEAT THIS TOGETHER!
#StayHomeSaveLives
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I am nominating
@PaulBell1971
as my Cabinet Member for Housing. In this vital role, Paul will lead on our pledges to deliver 1,000 new social homes and build a new generation of council-owned homes for private rent
#ForTheMany
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Proud to speak at my first council meeting as Mayor of Lewisham last night. Thank you to everyone who came to hear my vision for how we will turn our bold & radical manifesto into a programme of change over the next 4 years. Here is my speech:
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It’s hard to believe there are just 4 days left of the campaign here in Kingswood.
The support has been overwhelming. A huge thank you to everyone that’s joined us here and worked so hard to get our message out to voters over the past few weeks.
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Today we launch our new vision to make Catford the greenest town centre in London, shaped by over 3000 comments from local residents:
🌳New areas of green public space
🏡Nearly 1000 new social homes
🚲New segregated cycle routes
Find out more here
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Congratulations Brenda, absolutely delighted to see you elected to be the new Mayor of Lewisham. Wishing you all the very best! 💖
I want to thank the people of Lewisham for placing their faith in me. Serving this special borough that I have the privilege to call home is the greatest honour of my life. I pledge to work tirelessly for you, and will always have your best interests at heart.
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Some good news to start the weekend and a small step forward on the campaign trail.
Thank you to everyone who’s shown there support!
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In our manifesto we pledged to promote flexible working which is why I’m pleased to be nominating
@Brenda_Dacres
and
@SophieMcGeevor
to job-share as Cabinet Member for Parks, Neighbourhoods & Transport to lead our work on leisure, green spaces, recycling & air quality
#ForTheMany
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Many Lewisham residents have been affected by the COVID 19 pandemic. Today we have launched an emergency grant to help residents who are facing immediate financial hardship to cover the cost of food & fuel during this difficult time.
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NEW: building work to start on 1.4km protected cycleway for Deptford 🚲🚲🚲
We are working closely with
@TfL
and
@Heidi_LDN
to deliver Cycleway 4 through Deptford
We want healthier, cleaner and greener streets in Lewisham
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In Lewisham we’re proud to be extending our Refugees Programme to welcome another 100 families! We’ve written to
@sajidjavid
to demand that the Home Office also give families the support they need & that funding for our work can be guaranteed beyond 2020.
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👏Congratulations to Lewisham’s new Young Mayor Femi Komolafe, and Deputy Young Mayor Aaliyah Odedina! I look forward to working with you to change Lewisham for the better for young people.
Well done to all the candidates!👏
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So proud of our borough. We have now raised £55,000 for Lewisham Foodbank & 1,000 people have volunteered to help vulnerable local residents through
@lewishamlocal
- amazing!
Thank you for everything everyone is doing to keep our community safe. 💖
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Voted! 😊 Wishing every Labour candidate standing in Lewisham, and around the country, all the very best today. Let’s hope we get a big result! 🌹
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Today is
#InternationalMigrantsDay
I’m proud that Lewisham celebrates the huge contribution migrants make. Whether you’re a refugee fleeing war, someone working to make a better life, or moving here to be with the person you love.
Whatever the reason, everybody is welcome! 💗
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🎭 Team pics from today’s Borough of Culture announcement.
So proud of
@AndreMBourne
, Liz Dart and all the Lewisham team who have worked so hard to make Lewisham London Borough of Culture 2021! 🎭
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Today is Stephen Lawrence Day.
Stephen continues to inspire all of us today as we make sure our future generations live their best lives.
We’re so proud of the work the Stephen Lawrence Trust does in Lewisham.
#SLDay
#BecauseOfStephen
#LiveOurBestLife
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Lewisham’s foodbanks need your support!
Today we have launched an appeal to support
@lewishamfood
as they need donations to meet demand in face of
#COVID19
Can you give £5 or £10? All money goes to residents in the greatest need.
Donate now 👉
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I welcome Sainsbury’s withdrawal of its planning application at New Cross Gate at this time. The site is TfL’s preferred option for constructing the Bakerloo Line Extension and location of a new tube station.
Now we can all focus on bringing the Bakerloo line to Lewisham.
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🙌🙌🙌 Huge congratulations to new Young Mayor of Lewisham Adam Abdullah
@aabdu02
& new Deputy Nike Ajijola. Fantastic team with great policies. Look forward to working with you!🙌🙌🙌
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Wishing everyone celebrating, in Lewisham and across the country, a very happy Chanukah. Chag Sameach!
#Chanukah
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*We have now raised £12,500 for our local foodbank
@lewishamfood
*
A huge thank you to everyone who has donated!
The foodbank have reported that visits have doubled so we will continue raising money to help them buy what they need.
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Lewisham Council is on the frontline of fighting coronavirus. This is costing £50m but the Government has committed support of just £18m. If we are truly ‘all in this together’ the Government urgently needs to commit to properly supporting local councils.
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Thank you to everyone who voted! Clearly there’s a progressive Remain majority in Lewisham but it’s heartbreaking to hear from so many Labour supporters who gave their votes to other parties in protest.
I hope this is a wake-up call & as a party we now firmly back a
#peoplesvote
.
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Lewisham’s next development of Pop-up homes has been approved!
47 new council homes designed by the Richard Rogers partnership
@RSHParchitects
have been approved in Lee.
Thank you to the team for working so hard on the application. 🏡🌹
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This is very positive news. The current laws around cannabis aren’t working. They fail our young people and strengthen criminal gangs.
@SadiqKhan
’s commission will mean London can follow the evidence and learn from the rest of the world about what works.
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@labourwhips
@SarahEdwardsTam
@Gen_Kitchen_MP
@kimleadbeater
@Mather_Keir
Delighted to be joining Education Team.
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🏃🏽♀️🏃🏻♂️ Joined my first Good Gym session and it was so good! We ran to Hither Green for some clearing of the railway embankment, then ran back to Lewisham.
It was really great to join the volunteers, everyone was absolutely lovely - I’d highly recommended getting involved! 🏃🏽♀️🏃🏻♂️
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I got to sit down and catch up with someone special earlier this week: Mrs Farrington, my former head teacher at Hanham High.
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My statement on Millwall CPO. Deeply concerned with Renewal. We need to start over, working with club & community
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Thanks to Ray,
@VSL_UK
and the whole team we were able to vaccinate people experiencing homelessness across Lewisham.
The vaccine bus is such a great idea and is helping us to vaccinate hard to reach groups in Lewisham.
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Happy
#Pride2019
from Lewisham! Wishing everyone the most fantastic weekend. Marking 50 years since the
#StonewallRiots
, celebrating all the progress we’ve made but also remembering we need to continue the fight to protect our rights.
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Today we announce major improvements to the area around Catford stations:
✅ new double-width pavement
✅ new cycle storage
✅ new river decks
We want to make Catford one of the greenest town centres in London
Sign up for a walking tour of our plans
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Full solidarity with our excellent local MP
@elliereeves
. Ellie works hard for Lewisham, day in, day out and is right to speak out!
EXCL Pregnant Labour MP facing deselection threat for signing Chris Williamson statement
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It may not be popular in the comments section of The Daily Mail but we’re proud to be pushing ahead with our plans to ban junk food advertising in Lewisham!
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#EidMubarak
to everyone celebrating in Lewisham.
It was an honour to to speak to so many people at ‘Eid in the Park’ one of Lewisham’s best traditions.
Our Muslim community are a valued part of Lewisham & it is incredible to see the whole community come together to celebrate.
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The
@MigrationUK
Museum is open!
We’re so excited to see this incredible museum open in the heart of Lewisham.
Migration is written into Lewisham’s DNA. Please do go and visit, see these amazing exhibits, including the Berlin Wall.
#AllOurStories
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Next week we will be ready to share some changes to the Lewisham and Lee Green LTN.
Thank you to everyone for your patience, I know it’s frustrating, but we are working hard to find solutions.
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