Child poverty in Merton - papering over the cracks
Cllr Anthony Fairclough, Cllr Simon McGrath and Cllr Paul Kohler MP: Working hard for Wimbledon, Raynes Park & Wimbledon Chase. Learn more
by Wimbledon Town & Dundonald Lib Dems on 5 August, 2013
Following a backlash from the public, Merton Council announced a u-turn on the decision to include Wimbledon Library in a list of sites open for future development. Following the announcement, Focus Team member Anthony Fairclough (who also runs the Wimbledon Station Book Swap) said: I’m really pleased that Merton Council have listened to residents and […]
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A campaign has been launched by Wimbledon resident, Andrew Craig Nicol, a library volunteer, to save Wimbledon library from inappropriate development (there’s a petition on the Council’s website here). What’s the issue? Merton Council has placed the Wimbledon library building on its ‘sites and policies DPD’ – a list of sites earmarked for development in […]
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