I am very pleased to have proposed the following motion to Full Council, seconded by Ladywell councillor, Liz Johnston-Franklin and passed unanimously by Lewisham Council: "We welcome the Mayor’s decision with regards to the Ladywell Playtower redevelopment. We are pleased that Ladywell will now have a cinema and at the same time Picturehouse, a corporation currently involved in attempts at strike-breaking in a major dispute with its workers, has not been welcomed into Lewisham. We support and send our solidarity to the Picturehouse workers’ campaign for the London Living Wage, union recognition, improved working conditions and the reinstatement of their sacked BECTU trade union reps at the

Yesterday, myself along with Cllr Luke Sorba, Cllr Joe Dromey, Vicky Foxcroft MP, CWU and local residents met with the Post Office (PO) to discuss New Cross Gate Post Office. As expected the PO told us they are closing our Crown Post Office and relocating to the One Stop Shop as a franchise. One Stop is therefore betraying their local community for money. Very sad. At the meeting, the PO confirmed the consultation was a sham. They were not interested in the public's view of whether they want their Crown Post Office to remain, but data to enable them to move it to a franchise model, one where were lose experienced and dedicated public servants to minimum wage jobs, where the state has to sub