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Last Updated: 01 June 2002
This site is being updated:
New wards and councillors in Malden and Coombe with profiles are now included.
To come: News, councilors in other areas, voting statistics of last election. News of Council Meetings, etc. Watch this space for information when this goes live.
Tim Brown - Independent Conservative said "Speaking as an Accountant and Auditor by profession, in my view the "no-frills" Conservative Budget was a combination of asset-stripping and dubious creative accounting, not the prudent and common sense approach..."
Dennis De-Lord - Independent Conservative Councillor - "Their proposals were a cynical and distasteful manipulation of the people of this Borough. Engineered to do one thing and one thing only, to bribe residents this year and make them pay for it next".
Roger Hayes - Liberal Democrat said "The Tory budget proposal was not just irresponsible and unsustainable in its ill thought out fragility, this shabby eleventh hour trick attempted to bribe the residents with their own assets in a one off attempt to buy votes. It contained very nearly £1.5m worth off officer identified risk, almost equivalent to the level of Council reserves".
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Confused over Government - who really has control? Malden And Coombe Community Pages explain the facts.
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Who runs Kingston council? With so many tiers of government it is becoming very easy for unscrupulous councilors to claim they are not running the council. Click here to find out about the different levels of government and get informed. |
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New & Old Malden Police and Community Meeting |
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New and Old Malden Police meetings are open to the public and are a chance for the General public to talk to their local beat officers. The New and Old Malden Sector includes the area from New Malden Rail Bridge to Worcester Park Rail Bridge plus the Station Estate (Kingshill Avenue and Pembury Avenue Area within the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames). Meetings start at 7:15 for 7:30 PM. Coffee and Tea are made available. For the date and venue of the next meeting contact the chair Mrs Barbara Smith. Next Meeting 16 April 2002 at 7:30 pm New Malden Baptist Church - corner of Kingston Road and Westbury Road. If you need more information contact Barbara Smith |
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Manor Drive Report |
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24 February, 2002 Liberal Democrats win fight over road resurfacing. In Manor DrivePart done, but a lot more to go the Lib Dem councillor said. Liberal Democrats in Old Malden have been fighting for more cash to repair roads and pavements. Following a many complaints at council that the Conservative Administration had continually failed to identify old Malden Roads, one Liberal Democrat councillor decided to survey the road for himself. Conservatives claimed that such detail was unfair on officers, however the councillor - an engineer himself - did the work as he claims "Locally the Conservatives had no interest in repairing such roads until they were aware that we had carried out a survey. Then of course as usual they claim to be interested and of course claim to have done all the work..." Now the Lib Dem Councillor plans same tactic with other roads - |
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Religious Group Accused of Libel over Church School |
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24 February, 2002 Church School Scare Tactics as religious group resort to underhanded measuresA group is falsely suggesting that Liberal Democrats want to close Church Schools and as a result may well be facing corporate Libel charges it was revealed, as Liberal Democrats refuse to discount the possibility. |
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Housing Crack Down On 'Anti-Social' Tenants following European Convention on Human Rights |
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20 February, 2002 Kingston Housing department is introducing new procedures to clamp down on the anti-social behaviour, neighbour nuisance and racial harassment that can cause such disruption to the lives of other tenants. This is to ensure that all tenants feel safe and secure in their homes and neighbourhood, in accordance with the European Convention on Human Rights. |
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Mayor for London Assembly forced to Reduce Prercept Increase by London Liberal Democrats |
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15 February, 2002 The Greater London Assembly Liberal Democrat Group voted this week to accept the Mayor’s reduced budget increase of 15.24 per cent but warned Ken Livingstone that he must start delivering on his promises. |
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GLA Tories Vote with Labour on Tube PPP |
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15 February, 2002 At the week’s Greater London Assembly meeting, the Tory group on the GLA joined Labour members in refusing to debate the future of the London Underground and the Government’s part-privatisation PPP. |
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Flood Threat to London |
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15 February, 2002 Liberal Democrat Sally Hamwee is a member of the Flooding Investigative Committee on the Greater London Assembly, which has been set up to determine the real risks to London and the adequacy of current measures in place to protect the capital. |
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Changes on the GLA |
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15 February, 2002 This week GLA Liberal Democrat group bid a fond farewell to Louise Bloom. Louise decided to resign from the GLA for personal reasons, after making an excellent contribution to the London Assembly, |
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Old Malden Scouts and Guides to Close Their HQ - ready for redevelopment |
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7 February, 2002 Old Malden Scouts and Guides to close their Head Quarters - ready for redevelopment. |
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Mayor Listens to London Assembly and Reduces Budget Precept Increase |
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7 February, 2002 Graham Tope, Leader of the Greater
London Assembly Liberal Democrat group, has welcomed Mayor Ken
Livingstone's decision to listen to the concerns of the London Assembly and
reduce his proposed increase to the GLA precept to 15.24 per cent |
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Transport (Bus and Rail)
Pending Changes to Routes and Services Find out about all the local pending changes to Transport then Feed in your comments. Click here Road Works
Find out about local pending road works with traffic problems. Click here
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Graffiti Reporting Liberal Democrats want to clean-sweep Kingston. It is backed by local Liberal Democrat councillors and MP Edward Davey. Report vandalism, dirty street, and more - all on-line now.
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Broadmead Avenue - More on Conservative Abuse Broadmead Avenue (Old Malden) - Conservatives accuse Liberal Democrat of lying. However Liberal Democrat Councillor Ian McDonald reports that residents have seen a document incorrectly stating that there are NO Tree Preservation Order Trees. We track down the document and ask is it right for Conservative Councillors to pursue an open policy of Abuse and No Action? See the document for yourself click here. For more news items Click here. |
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Mobile Phone Masts
FOCUS is supporting Malden Manor School in fighting a mobile phone mast to be located opposite the school Nursery on a pylon within the Malden Manor Station car park. Find out what you need to do to help fight the appeal now. Also find out about a petition to help prevent this from happening again. |
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School Crossing Patrol *** Church Road Crossing Patrol Found! If you can help at other locations in the borough by helping School children cross the road 5 days a week in all weather during term time, 3/4 of an hour at the start and end of the school day? Contact Brian Spratt at Kingston Council on 020-8547-5992. Pay is around £39 a week. Liberal Democrats press for partnership deal with schools over crossing *** Liberal Democrats are pressing for a partnership deal with local primary schools. Under the deal, schools finding it difficult to recruit crossing patrols would allow extra flexibility over their staff contracts for support staff to allow them to carry out the crossing patrol. One of the problems in recruiting is that while the hourly rate of pay is very good for crossing patrol staff, the hours make it very difficult to earn a full living. With partnership working the member of staff will be able to work and be paid by the school for their normal school duties, but be allowed time to do the crossing duty, where they will be paid by the Council and have the council insurance to cover the work. Commenting, one prominent Liberal Democrat Councillor said, "Partnership working is the way forward. This can mean extra pay for classroom support workers and a more ready supply of people willing to do crossing patrols at a time when it is becoming more difficult to find those doing the work". One Local resident - a Head Teacher of a Primary School in a neighboring authority and a Tolworth school governor said, "I regularly do a crossing patrol myself. It is so important for me as a Head teacher to ensure my children have safe access across the road, however I am aware that not all Head Teachers take this view - for me however the rule on loco parentis means that there is a clear moral responsibility for safety". The Liberal Democrat Councillor became concerned when the crossing patrol finished at Church Road, Old Malden (prior to the current crossing patrol) and discovered that parents were not passed on any notice. "At the time", explains the councillor, "I had to step in and ask the police to attend the site for a few days and ask the school to send a note out to parents. It was so unsafe with small children crossing a busy road unaided, as a qualified teacher myself I have had to deal with cases of children being knocked over and I am determined that all shall be done to limit the risks in Old Malden". The Liberal Democrat Councillor now wants to not only press for Council - school partnership working but also for a team of volunteers who could do emergency cover when required. For the last seven years he has been campaigning for a pedestrian crossing outside Malden Parochial school, but has had opposition from local Tory activists and Conservative councillors, who prefer not to support Liberal Democrat initiatives. If you can help contact Old Malden Focus Team |
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The Mayor - all the questions you want to ask but did not know who to ask |
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