http://www.chrisnicholson.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Streatham Liberal Democrats en-GB Streatham Liberal Democrats http://www.chrisnicholson.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2009 Streatham Liberal Democrats 2009-01-07T12:37+00:00 United Kingdom http://www.chrisnicholson.org.uk/news/000042/call_to_review_licensing_law_to_protect_residents.html Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Spokesperson for Streatham Chris Nicholson has called for a review of the Government's licensing laws after recent problems caused by the Iroko and Telegraph bars on Brixton Hill and Bar Edo on Streatham High Road. 2008-11-30T23:17+00:00 http://www.chrisnicholson.org.uk/news/000043/new_thameslink_trains_must_go_beyond_blackfriars.html News that new carriages will be introduced on the Thameslink between Brighton and Bedford will come as cold comfort to passengers in Streatham, according to the area's Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Spokesman, Chris Nicholson. 2008-11-30T22:17+00:00 http://www.chrisnicholson.org.uk/news/000041/local_lib_dem_demands_rail_fare_freeze.html Local Lib Dem Chris Nicholson was shocked to learn that all regulated rail fares from Streatham stations will rise by at least 6% in January. In the case of some fares on First Capital Connect services from Streatham Station it will be a whopping 9%. 2008-11-24T10:37+00:00 http://www.chrisnicholson.org.uk/news/000040/liberal_democrats_support_residents_and_parents_in_opposing_fenstanton_school_plans.html "We will be supporting the campaign by local residents and parents at Fenstanton Primary School to oppose the building of a secondary school on their grounds" was the pledge from Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Spokesperson Chris Nicholson after a meeting of Lambeth Council's Labour Cabinet had forced through plans to build on the school site on Monday evening. 2008-11-18T14:10+00:00 http://www.chrisnicholson.org.uk/news/000039/streatham_residents_say_no_to_police_station_closures.html Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Spokesperson for Streatham Chris Nicholson this week handed in a petition to the Metropolitan Police Authority with 2200 signatures opposing plans to close Streatham and Cavendish Rd (Clapham) police stations. 2008-10-22T16:16+00:00 http://www.chrisnicholson.org.uk/news/000038/streathams_liberal_democrat_parliamentary_spokesman_chris_nicholson_has_congratulated_friends_of_streatham_vale_park_for_staging_their_fifth_annual_fun_day.html "This is the second year I have attended the fun day. The weather was not as kind as last year but this did not deter the enthusiasm of the stallholders and those who took part" 2008-09-09T14:30+00:00 http://www.chrisnicholson.org.uk/news/000036/lambeth_tenants_face_shock_162_rise_in_heating_costs.html Thousands of hard-pressed Lambeth council tenants and leaseholders are to have their charges for heating and hot water more than doubled at a stroke. 2008-09-03T14:47+00:00 http://www.chrisnicholson.org.uk/news/000035/streatham_high_road_businesses_feel_the_pinch_as_recession_looms.html 'Streatham High Road businesses are suffering as shoppers cut back in the face of the credit crunch and looming recession' according to Chris Nicholson, Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Spokesperson for Streatham. 2008-08-20T10:39+00:00 http://www.chrisnicholson.org.uk/news/000034/neglect_of_high_road_must_stop__nicholson.html Local Lib Dem campaigner Chris Nicholson has called for an end to the neglect of Streatham High Road as a consultation of over 400 Streatham residents suggests that the high street is now getting worse, not better. 2008-07-28T14:48+00:00 http://www.chrisnicholson.org.uk/news/000033/liberal_democrats_call_for_reinstatement_of_vice_squad.html 'Lambeth's Vice Squad must be reinstated to deal with the problems and the nuisance caused to residents by kerb crawling and prostitution in the Borough' says Chris Nicholson, Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Spokesperson for Streatham. His comments came after the high profile mounted police operation to clear prostitutes from Garrads Road and Tooting Bec Common and complaints from residents around Brixton Hill and Josephine Avenue about an upsurge in nuisance caused by kerb crawlers and prostitutes in the area. Lambeth's Vice Squad was scrapped in May. 2008-07-22T13:10+00:00 http://www.chrisnicholson.org.uk/news/000032/labour_lambeths_new_housing_crisis.html Lambeth Housing has been rocked by a multi-million pound scandal, as it lurches from one crisis to another under Labour. 2008-07-10T13:00+00:00 http://www.chrisnicholson.org.uk/news/000031/1000_properties_left_empty_in_lambeth_under_labour.html Around 1,000 Council-owned houses in Lambeth are vacant according to the Council's own figures. 2008-06-06T13:05+00:00 http://www.chrisnicholson.org.uk/news/000030/liberal_democrats_slam_plan_to_stop_thameslink_trains_at_blackfriars.html Chris Nicholson, the local Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Spokesperson for Streatham, has slammed plans announced in the South London Route Utilisation Strategy for all Thameslink trains from Streatham and Tulse Hill to stop at Blackfriars from 2015. 2008-05-24T13:00+00:00 http://www.chrisnicholson.org.uk/news/000029/fury_as_lambeth_planners_cave_in_to_railway_company.html "Cynical manoeuvre" as council betrays residents 2008-05-14T11:02+00:00 http://www.chrisnicholson.org.uk/news/000028/government_set_to_close_abbeville_post_office.html Clapham Common residents have been left outraged following the decision to confirm the closure of their local Post Office. Despite strong local opposition, Post Office Ltd has now ruled that Abbeville Road branch will be closed. 2008-05-08T13:34+00:00