Tonight I presented a new 5 year Domestic Abuse & Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy was agreed at Mayor & Cabinet. It is focused on Prevent, Protect, Recover, Pursue & Partnership. The timing of this renewed strategy to tackle domestic abuse and violence against women and girls (VAWG) could not be more apt. Over the past few weeks, I
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It’s been a tough week where we have seen a young woman, Sarah Everard, who should have been able to go home safely in the evening, disappear from the streets of London. It then transpires that under suspicion for her abduction is a man, a police officer. A man who has an greater of duty of care for woman is
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Although we think and care about others all the year round the Christmas period makes us focus on others more and seek ways to help. Often life can be rushed and we are busy juggling between work, family and caring responsibilities. So I just wanted to share some of the initiatives in Lewisham and nationally to help sign post information
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I am a devoted Labour Party member, a socialist, a trade unionist and a believer in our Party leader. We belong to a party that is in urgent need of unifiers. I am a unifier. This modern wave of activism under Jeremy Corbyn has driven Labour Party membership through the roof. It is an undeniably positive dimension of our political
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Congratulations to all our Labour MPs and particularly our Lewisham General Election 2017 candidates: Vicky FoxCroft – Lewisham Deptford Heidi Alexander – Lewisham East Ellie Reeves – Lewisham West & Penge Each with significant majorities, and a warm welcome to our newest MP, Ellie Reeves. I look forward to working with all our brilliant MPs, who have added to the
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March 8th is International Women’s Day. Each year there is a different theme, and this year the theme is calling for gender-balanced leadership, to respect and value difference, develop more inclusive and flexible cultures or root out workplace bias. So it was a great privilege on the the eve of International Women’s Day 2016 to have been elected as the
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Brenda Dacres 