• Southwark Council Pays Poorer Students University Tuition Fees

  By CP_Babe at 12:33 on 28/10/11

  

  In the first scheme of it's kind in the UK, a dozen school leavers from the London borough of Southwark have been awarded scholarships worth more than £10,000 each over three years. The six students, three boys and three girls, are the first people in the country to have their university tuition fees paid for by their local council and were chosen because of their academic achievements and contribution to their community. Only...

• Mayor resurrects Palace route he axed

  By CrystalPalace People at 08:00 on 01/04/11

  

  TRAMS are to run into Crystal Palace, Mayor of London Boris Johnson has announced. He claims local pressure about the importance of the extension to residents and businesses has prompted him to reinstate the project as part of his transport plans. Mr Johnson's announcement last Thursday came just a fortnight after Ken Livingstone, his Labour opponent in next year's Mayoral elections, said he would make extending Tramlink to Crystal...

• Labour’s Ken pledges Palace tram extension

  By CrystalPalace People at 08:00 on 18/03/11

  

  RESTORING plans for the Tramlink extension to Crystal Palace will be a top priority if Ken Livingstone wins the London Mayoral race in May next year. His pledge came at the end of a day-long tour of the borough on Monday, part of a commitment to visit every London borough to gauge local views in the run-up to the election. Addressing a "Tell Ken" public meeting held at the Croydon Conference Centre in Surrey Street, the Labour...

• Fare hikes slammed during borough visit

  By CrystalPalace People at 08:00 on 18/03/11

  

  KEN Livingstone has pledged to revive plans to extend Tramlink to Crystal Palace if he wins the London mayoral race in May next year. His promise came at the end of a day-long tour of the borough – part of a commitment to visit every London borough to gauge local views in the run-up to the election. Addressing a "Tell Ken" public meeting held at the Croydon Conference Centre in Surrey Street, the Labour candidate condemned...

• Yet More Local Services Face Drastic Cuts...

  By Reb_BEvans at 21:27 on 01/03/11

  

  On Monday protesters gathered in Lewisham (where £88m in cuts are expected over the next four years) to demonstrate over further council cuts announced this week, economically it doesn't feel like things can get much worse, but still cuts continue to demoralise communities and oppress standards of living in London and the whole of the country. This is bad news for just about every borough in London and in Crystal Palace...

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