Conor's Commentary (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
The leaked version of Sir Christopher Kelly's proposals for MPs' expenses suggests a degree of compromise, but also a wish to feed the media rather than develop a rational approach to the issues. As I have argued here before, it is right that MPs should receive money for rent or modest hotel rooms rather than mortgage subsidies: there is no justification for MPs using their living expenses to build...
Home of the Green Arrow (Free subscription) | 23/08/2009
Merton & Wandsworth family fun day in Mitcham. What a GREAT day had by all and it was packed ! Richard Barnbrook, thank you Sir for taking your personal time to come and see us, you are a GREAT bloke ! This is from Green Arrow
Labourhome (Free subscription) | 21/04/2009
I do not recognise the Georgia Gould I know from recent commentary, which makes no mention of her period as full time organiser of Mitcham and Morden CLP for the year before the general election in 2005. I was the leader of the local Labour Council in Merton at the time and in my view she was simply superb. No organiser could have been more engaged in grass roots campaigning, whether it was developing...
MayorWatch (Free subscription) | 06/03/2009
Council bosses in Merton have welcomed plans to build a new, enlarged fire station in Mitcham. The council says an application by the London Fire Brigade for Outline Planning Permission follows "months of close collaboration" with the Fire Brigade.
theRatandMouse (Free subscription) | 21/01/2009
Understandably angry, I'd say. She's used the Merton Council housing solutions system to find a tenant for her house. A mother of five moved in, caused £2,000 of damage, then refused to leave after the 12 month tenancy agreement...
This Is Local London | Top Stories (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
The mother of a one-year-old baby snatched from her arms by a savage pitbull in Mitcham last month has backed tough new measures to tackle the growing problem of dangerous dogs in London.
This Is Local London | Top Stories (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008
A Mitcham woman has been charged with possessing a fighting dog and allowing an animal to cause injury after a dog attack on an 18-month-old baby in Pollards Hill last month.
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