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Sadiq wins road safety award...
Sadiq Khan MP
has been named Parliamentarian of the Month by Brake, the
national road safety charity, for his work in improving road
safety in Tooting.
Sadiq’s Safer
Streets campaign has seen him working closely with parents,
teachers and local councillors to improve road safety around a
number of schools in Tooting.
Every month,
Brake recognises the commitment of MPs and Lords to road safety
by selecting a Parliamentarian of the Month. The monthly winners
are short-listed for Brake’s Parliamentarian of the Year Awards
for an ‘Outstanding Contribution to Road Safety’.
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Ed Balls
visit Tooting School...
Local MP Sadiq
Khan and Secretary of State for Children, Families and Schools,
Rt Hon Ed Balls MP visited Graveney School on Monday 16th
June to see first-hand what the government’s record investment
is doing to improve schools in Tooting.
Sadiq and the
Ed Balls met students and teachers at the school to discuss the
exciting plans Graveney will soon be putting into action as part
of the government’s Building Schools for the Future programme.
The programme
guarantees that all secondary schools in Wandsworth will be
refurbished or remodelled.
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Sadiq
congratulate earthquake hero...
Sadiq Khan MP visited Fircroft Primary School and held a special
assembly to congratulate James Pang, aged 9 and present him
with a
special award and certificate for his idea which helped raise
over £1000 for survivors of the recent earthquake in China.
James, whose
family originally came from China, was extremely upset by the
earthquake in China, and decided he wanted to do something to
help those who had been affected by it.
He brought
this to the attention of his school by writing a letter to the
Head and Deputy Head. The teachers were impressed by James’
letter and helped him organise a Red Clothes day to raise money
for the victims of the earthquake.
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Sadiq celebrates 60th anniversary of NHS with
Tooting volunteers...
To mark
Volunteers Week and also the 60th anniversary of the
founding of the National Heath Service, Sadiq Khan MP took three
volunteers from local health services to Downing Street to meet
the Prime Minister.
The Prime
Minister, Gordon Brown, held a special reception for NHS
volunteers to thank them for their commitment and generosity.
The volunteers were personally thanked by Gordon Brown and Sarah
Brown and the Health Minister Ann Keen.
Sadiq’s guests
for the reception were Daniel Blagdon from Millennium
Volunteers Wandsworth, Kiron Kurien, a member of numerous
local patient liaison groups including Expert Patients Programme
(EPP) and Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) Steering Group
for Wandsworth PCT and Chris Lewis, a “buddy” and
fundraiser for St George’s Hospital.
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Sadiq has
demanded a review of Post Office Ltd’s recent decision to go
ahead with the closure of four Post Office branches in
Tooting. He has written to Postwatch, the independent
watchdog, demanding an official review of the decision.
Sadiq has been
campaigning to keep all four Post Office branches earmarked for
closure, open. He will continue to put pressure on
Wandsworth Council to arrange a rescue package for Tooting's
Post Offices.
For more
information click
HERE
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Sadiq has joined local
residents in opposing the current plans to redevelop the
Springfield Hospital site. Hundreds of residents affected
by the development have replied to his consultation on the
development, the results of which will be published soon.
For more information about his campaign click
HERE
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Sadiq has been campaigning
with local residents to get Wandsworth Council and Wandsworth
Police to tackle the problem of prostitution in the Balham area.
For more information about his
campaign click
HERE
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Sadiq has been
campaigning for a new lift at Balham since first being elected
in 2005. He had previously secured investment for the project
through the Government’s “Access For All” scheme. Sadiq
recently visited the station to observe the work on the lift
which will be open shortly.
To read more
about Sadiq's campaign to improve transport in Tooting click
HERE
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Sadiq recently held a
skipping competition for primary schools in Tooting.
Sellincourt Primary School was the winner, taking the prize of
1000 Active Kids vouchers which can be exchanged for sports
equipment. Sadiq visited the school to congratulate the
winning skippers and present the vouchers to the school.
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Over the last fortnight Sadiq has
hosted local
constituents in the Commons, including having tea on
the House of Commons terraces with them.
Mrs Riding won
the raffle at his Warm
Front event in
Balham Library.
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Sadiq also hosted the Joseph family,
who won a raffle at Penwortham School.
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Sadiq was pleased to invite the Minister of Policing,
Rt Hon Tony
McNulty, to the Wandsworth Policing Contact Centre to
meet local Specials and all the volunteers who do such an
amazing job. Since its inception the Contact Centre has gone
from strength to strength; silencing doubters and becoming a
valuable contact point for the police and local community alike;
with over 12,000 visitors it really can be called a great
success for community relations in Tooting.
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The Tiffin Cup - a competition to
the find the best South Asian restaurant in the UK is in its
third year. Once again Sadiq ran the Tooting competition,
which saw the largest number of nominations from local residents
so far, with thousands of votes cast for the many excellent
South Asian restaurants in Tooting. Al Mirage was the
deserved winner and will go on to represent Tooting in the rest
of the competition.
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Ken Livingstone visited Tooting
during his Mayoral campaign and got a great reception at the
coffee morning Sadiq organised for local residents. Sadiq
and Ken then took a walk up Tooting High Street visiting local
businesses and talking to local residents about the issues that
concerned them.
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Sadiq
became the first politician to receive a Muslim News Award at an
annual ceremony in Park Lane. The Chief Executive of the Crown
Prosecution Service presented Sadiq with the award for
Excellence in Citizenship. Other winners included the journalist
Alan Johnston and prominent doctors, academics and
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Sadiq met with the Minister
responsible for the Post Office, Pat Mcfadden MP, to discuss his
concerns about Post Office Ltd's consultation process and what
Wandsworth Council could be doing to support local Post Offices.
To read more about what the Council
could do to save our Post Offices, click
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Theatre
staff at St Georges have expressed some concerns about
restructuring taking place and Sadiq was keen to meet staff to
listen to and discuss the issue with them. Over one hundred and
fifty theatre nurse, technicians and UNISON at St.
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Sadiq meet with a group of year 8
students from Chestnut Grove school for a question and answer
session in Parliament. The students asked him about the
campaigning he does in Tooting and the work he does in
Parliament, before being taken on a guided tour around the
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Sadiq spoke at the Public meeting
held in Tooting in March to discuss Post Office Ltd's proposals
to close four Sub-Post Office in Tooting.
Sadiq has presented Post Office Ltd
and Postwatch with a detailed submission explaining why the four
local Post Offices should remain open. He has also contact
Wandsworth Council asking them to allow local Post Offices to
perform more public services, like collecting rent and Council
Tax and renewing Freedom Passes.
To read more click
HERE |
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Sadiq was
interviewed by students from Burntwood School as part of their
contribution to BBC News Schools Day.
To see
Burntwood’s School Report for the BBC click
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Sadiq held
his inaugural Environmental Policy Forum in the House of
Commons. The forum was attended by more than 100 local
environmental activists, who had the opportunity to put
questions to the Minister for Climate Change, Joan Ruddock MP,
before discussions were held about what local action could be
taken on the issues of sustainable transport, sustainable energy
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Sadiq invited pupils from Garratt
Park School to Parliament to meet him and have a professional
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Sadiq met
representatives of Oxfam who were running a “Sisters of the
Planet” exhibition in the House of Commons. The exhibition was
designed to highlight the disproportionate impact climate change
is having on women living in poverty. |
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Sadiq is
campaigning with the Wandsworth Fairtrade Group to achieve
Fairtrade status for the Borough.
Sadiq met Douglas Alexander MP,
the Secretary of State for International Development, to discuss
this campaign which the Secretary of State fully supports.
To find out
more about Sadiq's Fairtrade Campaign click
HERE |
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Sadiq is
pictured here with local residents who are campaigning with him
to save the Sub-Post Office at 258 Balham High Road, which has
been proposed for closure by Post Office Ltd.
To find out how
you can have your say on Post Office closures and to get
involved in Sadiq's consultation, click
HERE |
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Sadiq met
with representatives of Post Office Ltd to find out more about
plans from the Post Office to close down some Sub-Post Offices
in Tooting and to discuss his concerns about these as well as
the consultation processes. Cllr John Farebrother, who is one of
the Labour Councillors in Furzedown and has taken a keen
interest in Post Office provision in his ward also attended the
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Record numbers turned up to Sadiq's
third annual Warm Front benefit entitlement event. To find out
more about what heating benefits may be available to you, please
click
HERE.
Sadiq is picture at the event, which
was held in Balham Library, with the Mayor of Wandsworth and a
Tooting resident who come for a benefit entitlement check. |
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Sadiq and Tooting
Councillor, Nick Bowes, led a successful campaign to get
Wandsworth Council to introduce traffic bollards to a busy
junction outside Fircroft School.
Without the bollards, cars are
able to mount the pavement at the junction, which is a big
safety risk to all pedestrians including schoolchildren.
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In response to
the news that, after 40 years, the
Marks and
Spencer’s store in Tooting Town Centre will close in May this
year, Sadiq has called on Wandsworth Council to do more
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Sadiq met with
the Head of Public Affairs from marks and Spencer UK, Tony Ginty
(pictured) to make representations on behalf of local residents
and the staff of the Tooting Marls and Spencer branch. |
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Sadiq took part in a skipping
challenge organised as part of
Sainsbury’s
“Active Kids 2008, Skip2bfit” programme.
Sadiq was
trying to win 'Active Kids' vouchers for local schools in
Tooting. He came 4th overall and won 1,000 vouchers.
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Sadiq met with Secretary of State
for Innovation, Universities and Skills, John Denham MP, to
discuss plans to expand and strengthen apprenticeship schemes. |
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Sadiq and
Tooting Councillor, Nick Bowes, have been working with local
residents on Broadwater Road on a campaign to make their street
one-way.
Residents have
suffered from damage to their vehicles and increased traffic
congestion since the Council implemented a one-way system in
adjoining roads. They collected a petition calling for their
part of the street to be included in the system, which they
presented to Sadiq and Nick. |
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Sadiq arranged
to take Graveney Sixth Form student, Bertie Watkin, to meet the
Prime Minister at a special event in Downing street to celebrate
the educational achievements of young people.
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Sadiq pictured here collecting
a petition from the RSPCA charity shop in the Southside Centre
in Wandsworth which was evicted from their premises in January.
To read more click
HERE |
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Sadiq with
Wandsworth Councillors, who ran a campaign to refurbish Tooting
Library.
The library will
receive a complete makeover this year thanks to a grant from the
Big Lottery Fund. |
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Sadiq
took part in the opening
ceremony of the new midwife-let maternity unit at St George's
Hospital.
The unit has been named the Carmen
Suite after Carmen Brooks-Johnson (pictured), a midwife at the
hospital for more than 30 years, and provides
mothers with a
comfortable, safe place to deliver their babies without medical
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Sadiq signed a
special Book of Commitment to honour those killed in the
Holocaust and individuals that risked their lives to help those
being persecuted, in commemoration of Holocaust Memorial Day
2008.
In November
2007, Sadiq accompanied students from Earnest Bevin and Graveney
Schools on a Holocaust Educational Trust visit to Auschwitz. To
read more about this click
HERE |
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Sadiq organised an educational visit
to the Houses of Parliament for schoolchildren from Hornsby
House Primary.
Before being taken on a tour of
the House by professional guides, the children had a question
and answer session with Sadiq about his work as an MP. |
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A number of local people have
received material from a group calling themselves 'Vigilante',
asking for donations to help with their 'war on paedophiles'.
Sadiq brought this to the attention of the local police who have
now launched a criminal investigation to determine who is
distributing the malicious material.
If you have received this
leaflet, please take it to your local police station.
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Sadiq invited a group of GCSE
Citizenship students from Graveney School in Furzedown to
Westminster for a tour of the Houses of Parliament and a
question and answer session with him about his work as the local
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Sadiq regularly organises tours of
the Houses of Parliament for schools and local people. He can
also get public gallery tickets for Tooting residents to attend
parliamentary debates, including Prime Minister's Questions.
Sadiq was able to get a PMQs tickets
for local resident Jonathan Roseweir, pictured here outside the
House of Commons. |
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Sadiq organised a tour of the Houses
of Parliament for a group of students from South Thames College
in Tooting. Before they took their tour, Sadiq hosted a question
and answer session with the students, where they asked him about
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During December Sadiq has visited
all the 9 schools that participated in his Christmas Card
Competition this year. He has presented over 900 certificates to
the schoolchildren who took part.
He is pictured here presenting a
prize and certificate to the runner up from Swaffield Primary
School. |
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Sadiq with the winner of his
Christmas Card Competition and her mother.
Sadiq presented the winner with a
certificate and prize at a special assembly held at Furzedown
School.
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Sadiq arranged for the winner of
this year's Christmas Card Competition to come to Parliament for
a special meeting with the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown MP.
The Prime Minister was extremely
impressed with the design on the card. 5000 cards have now been
sent across the Tooting constituency and the world.
To read more about Sadiq's
Christmas Card Competition click
HERE
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Sadiq met a local medical student
and volunteer for Stop Aids Campaign at the Houses of Parliament
to discuss the Government's AIDS and HIV strategy.
To find out more about Stop AIDS
Campaign click
HERE
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Sadiq Organised for two groups form
Furzedown Primary School to have guided tours of the Houses of
Parliament. Before they
went on their guided tour they met Sadiq to ask him questions
about his work as an MP.
The first group to take the tour
are pictured here and the second group are pictured below.
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Sadiq with the second group from
Furzedown Primary School, who accepted his invitation to
have a professional guided tour of the Houses of Parliament. |
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Sadiq with representatives from St
Anselm's Church, The Christian Education Centre and Tooting
Islamic Centre at a local interfaith meeting held at Gatton
School. |
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Sadiq on the front bench of the
House of Commons Chamber during Prime Minister's Questions. |
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Sadiq with local volunteers and
members of London Young Labour outside his local Tooting office.
Sadiq and the team visited hundreds of local residents in
Tooting to find out what local and national issues were
important to them. To find
out more about London Young Labour click
HERE |
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Sadiq with the hard working staff of
Earlsfield Station celebrating winning the South West Trains
award for 'Best Small Station' |
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Football legend
John Barnes joined Sadiq at an event in Westminster, in support
of the CCPR’s (Central Council of Recreative Physical
Training) ‘Subs for Clubs’ campaign to provide more tax relief
for sports clubs that offer sporting activities to children.
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Sadiq organised for local residents,
retailers and the Tooting Town Centre Manager to meet with the
Corporate Affairs Manager of Tesco to discuss the opening of a
new Tesco Express Store on Mitcham Lane.
To read more on this issue click
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Sadiq Opened the newly refurbished
Ultrasound Department at St George's Hospital.
St George's Charity donated £500,000
to the refurbishment and the Government invested £1million in
two new CT Scans.
Sadiq is pictured here with St
George's Lead Radiologist.
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Sadiq with the judges his annual
Christmas Card Competition,
Stuart Lowe,
Wandsworth Borough Police Commander, Father William Hebborn of
St Anselm’s Church and Jane Bruccoleri, Chief Reporter for the
Wandsworth Borough News and Guardian.
Record numbers of local school
children took part in this year's competition to design
Sadiq's Christmas card.
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Sadiq opened an art exhibition,
displaying works from local Wandsworth artists, at Tooting
Methodist Church. The
exhibition was part of the Church's 40th anniversary
celebrations.
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Sadiq discussing the Pre Budget
Report and Comprehensive Spending Review with the Chancellor,
Alistair Darling MP.
For more information click
HERE
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Sadiq at a coffee morning he held at
the Hazelhurst Estate in Tooting. Tooting Councillor, Nick
Bowes, and the Tooting Safer Neighbourhood Police Team were also
present.
Sadiq holds regular coffee mornings
on estates across the constituency to listen to the concerns of
local residents.
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Sadiq with Dr Shah of Trinity
Medical Centre discussing the healthcare needs of his local
patients as well as other issues facing local GPs and NHS
workers.
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Sadiq with staff from Sajna beauty
salon in Tooting, supporting their breast cancer awareness and
Eid celebration evening. The event, which included food, music
and henna hand painting, raised hundreds of pounds for breast
cancer awareness charities.
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Sadiq has been working with local
residents, retailers and Tescos in the run up to a new express
store opening on Mitcham Road. Some local retailers oppose the
opening of the new store and asked Sadiq, as their local MP, to
present a petition they had collected to Tescos. Sadiq also
organised the first ever meeting between local retailers,
residents and representatives from Tescos. To read more click
HERE.
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Tooting Labour Party held a special
meeting in Parliament with special guest Anna Keen MP. Ann is a
Minister in the department of Health and answered questions
about local and national health policy.
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Sadiq organised a visit for the
Secretary of State for Health, Alan Johnson MP, to visit St
George's Hospital to meet patients and staff and discuss local
NHS issues. In the photo Sadiq and Alan are being introduced to
a patient in the Stroke Unit by one of thge Ward Matrons.
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Sadiq arranged for the Chief
Operating Officer of the Northern Line to visit Tooting Broadway
station to discuss the benefits to Tooting residents of the
service improvement due to happen on the Northern Line. Sadiq is
picture here with Tooting Cllr Nick Bowes and the Chief
Operating Officer Mike Brown.
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For the third year running Sadiq
attended Macmillan Cancer Support's World's Largest Coffee
Morning at St George's Hospital in Tooting. He is picture with
Battersea MP, Martin Linton as well as Macmillan Cancer Support
nurses.
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Sadiq with local children and their
parents at Tooting Common playground where rats were found
living this summer. Sadiq took immediate action to force the
Council to deal with the problem and is leading the campaign to
clean up Tooting's playgrounds.
To read the whole story click
HERE
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Sadiq with the parliamentary Writer
in Residence, Rommie Smith, and 6th Formers from Burntwood
school who worked with her on a project about the 200th
anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade.
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Sadiq having his blood pressure
checked by a nurse at St George's Hospital to raise awareness
for the Blood Pressure Association's Know your Numbers Week.
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Sadiq with young people from
Wandsworth who are taking part in a filming project organised by
the Wandsworth Empowerment Network. Sadiq was interviewed by the
group about local issues that affect young people locally.
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Sadiq
presenting a medal to the Head Chef and Manager of Lahore Karahi
Restaurant in Tooting for reaching the regional finals of the
Tiffin Cup - a competition to find the country's best South
Asian restaurant.
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Sadiq
with the cast of
Tooting based arts organisation Tara Arts. young people from the
local community took part in a performance in Trafalgar Square
as part of the India Now Festival celebrating the 60th
anniversary of Indian independence.
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Sadiq
with members of the Wandsworth Fairtrade Group, being
interviewed for a documentary about Fairtrade. Sadiq has been
working with the group to try and make Wandsworth a Fairtrade
Borough. For more information click
HERE.
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Sadiq talking to residents of old
Hospital Close Estate about tackling problems of fly-tipping,
refuse collection and anti-social behaviour.
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Sadiq accepting a petition from the
committee of St George's Staff Social Club to oppose the
proposed closure of the club. Sadiq presented the petition to
the Chief Executive and Char of St George's Hospital Trust as
well as organising meetings between the Trust and the Committee.
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Sadiq arranged for two of
Wandsworth's Labour Councillors (Cllr Billi Randall and Cllr
Leonie Cooper) to meet with the new Secretary of State for the
Department of Culture Media and Sport to update him on the
Wandsworth Museum and request for the Olympic Torch to visit
Wandsworth on its race to the 2012 Games.
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Sadiq at the Balham and Tooting
Community Association's Eight-a-Side Cricket Tournament on
Tooting Common. Russellmania (Russell Hardware Shop) won the
event attended by 11 teams from across the community.
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Sadiq discusses local campaigns with
Tooting residents on the House of Commons Terrace
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Sadiq meets South Thames College on
their tour of the Palace of Westminster.
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Sadiq attends the first ever
Veterans Day event in Tooting, held at Ravenstone School in
Balham.
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Sadiq with Irene Parks, Headteacher
of Garratt Park School, and a parent helper preparing food in
the school kitchen for their Summer Fair.
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Sadiq with Sonny Rehul of Broadwater
School at their summer fair. Sadiq announced the raffle winners
at the event.
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Sadiq with Marion from Franciscan
Primary School at their summer fair.
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Sadiq with Minister for Health,
Caroline Flint MP, welcoming the start of the smoking ban in
England, which came into force of July 1st.
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Sadiq with Martin Linton, MP for
Battersea and local residents at the Triangle Playground on
Tooting Common. Sadiq and Martin are lobbying the Council for
better maintenance of the equipment at the playground.
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Sadiq with Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP at
Gatton primary school in Tooting. They are accompanied in the
picture by Sir Iqbal Sacranie, former head of the Muslim Council
for Britain, Firdos Qazi, Head Teacher of Gatton School and Mr
Ayaz Niazi of Balham Mosque and Tooting Islamic Centre. To
read more about Gatton School and Alan Johnson's visit click
HERE.
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Sadiq congratulates the new Prime
Minister, Gordon Brown, at a special Leadership Conference held
in Manchester in June 2007.
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Sadiq with some of the Tamil dancers
that performed at Tooting's cultural Mela. The Mela was
organised by the Fire Service and was held at Tooting Leisure
Centre.
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Sadiq arranged for environmental
campaigners from Tooting to have a meeting with the Secretary of
State for the Environment, David Miliband MP, at the Houses of
Parliament. Sadiq invited representatives from the Wandsworth
Environment Forum, Wandsworth Cycling Campaign and the
Wandsworth Fairtrade Group, with whom he has been working
closely.
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Sadiq having 'tea on the terrace'
with a local Tooting constituent during her visit to the House
of Commons. Jean was the winner of a competition Sadiq held in
his newsletter 'Totally Tooting'.
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Sadiq with Guy Ferguson, Acting
Borough Commander of Wandsworth Police Service. Sadiq regularly
meets with the police to discuss local policing issues and
concerns of local residents.
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Sadiq with a senior representative
from Tubelines to discuss improvements for the Northern Line. Sadiq
has been Campaigning for improvements on the Northern Line since
May 2005. For more information on this click
HERE
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Sadiq with the Minister for Schools,
Jim Knight MP, and members of Furzedown branch of Tooting Labour
Party at a meeting in Westminster. Sadiq has helped secure
significant investment in all Tooting secondary schools under
the Government's Building Schools for the Future Programme.
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Sadiq joined local people in 'The
World Can't Wait Campaign'. for more information on the campaign
click
HERE.
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Sadiq at the launch of the cancer
Resource Centre's Asian Cancer Support Group. To find out more
about the services the group offers click
HERE.
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Sadiq with Jemima Khan signing the
Breastfeeding Manifesto at the Houses of Parliament. The
Manifesto aims to highlight the great health benefits of
breastfeeding and its role in reducing health inequalities. To
find out more click
HERE.
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Sadiq with local residents of the
Henry Prince Estate at a recent Coffee Morning Sadiq organised.
Residents met in the local church to discuss with Sadiq the
issues affecting them.
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Sadiq played in the Parliamentary
Football Team in the recent 'Smillion Cup' - a 7-a-side
competition to raise funds and awareness of the Piggy Banks Kids
(a children's charity). For more information about Piggy
Banks Kids click
HERE
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Sadiq with pupils of Swaffield
Primary School at their St George's Day Disco. Sadiq was the
judge of the fancy dress competition.
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Sadiq with Martin Linton MP, Cllr
Nick Bowes, Cllr Tony Belton and a representative from the
Wandsworth Cycling Campaign (WCC), celebrate with a trophy the
WCC won form the Mayor of London for their adult cycling
iniative.
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Sadiq and Party Chairwoman, Hazel
Blears, awarding a long-standing member of Tooting Labour Party
and volunteer with a certificate for her support at a special
event in the House of Commons.
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Sadiq lends his support to the
British Lung Foundation's campaign to find the 'missing
millions' who have fatal lung disease.
The ‘Missing
Millions’ campaign aims to raise awareness of COPD (Chronic
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease), a lung condition that affects
more than three million people in the UK and kills more people
than breast, bowel or prostate cancer.
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Sadiq supports the British Heart
Foundation's 30 a day Campaign.
30 minutes of exercise a day can
vastly reduce the risk of heart disease an other illnesses
associated with inactivity.
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Sadiq with members of Hornsby House
School Council when they came to visit the Houses of Parliament.
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Sadiq with the editorial team of new
magazine, This Month in Wandsworth, at their launch party.
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Sadiq
with the architect of the fantastic new Dragon Children Centre
at St George's Hospital. This
is the first in a series of redevelopments planned for
children’s services at St George’s. The new Children’s Centre
offers an increased service to patients as there are now many
more treatment rooms, a refurbished waiting room and new
state-of-the-art reception.
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Sadiq
joined
residents of the Tooting Grove estate for coffee and to talk
about the local community and ways to improve it.
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Sadiq
brought the FA Cup to Tooting to celebrate the grant of £8,435
from the Football Foundation for free football coaching. Sadiq
was joined by coaches, children, parents, and the staff of
Threshold Housing Association who organised the free coaching
sessions for local people.
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Sadiq with members of Earlsfield
Boxing Club who recently won gold and silver medals in the
national championships.
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Sadiq with MP for Battersea, Martin
Linton and local residents, in a special ceremony to mark the
bicentenary of the abolition of the slave trade outside William
Wilberforce's old residence in Broomwood Road, Wandsworth.
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Sadiq at the new 90,000 capacity
Wembley Stadium, where he saw the England Under 21s play Italy
Under 21s in the first competitive match at the state of the art
football ground.
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Sadiq asking Tony Blair a question
at Prime Minister's Questions in the Chamber of the House of
Commons.
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Sadiq met with
Reverend
Richard Perkins
and Mr
Christian Felder
of Balham Baptist Church to discuss some concerns that the
Church still have with regards to the new Sexual Orientation
Regulations.
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Sadiq with Tooting resident
Ana-Franco, who present a poster of her research at an event
organised by
Early-Stage
Scientists, Engineers and Technologists.
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Sadiq with Dawn Butler MP and Co
Founder of Comic Relief, Lenny Henry, at this year's Red Nose
Day celebrations.
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Sadiq out on the Beat with Tooting's
dedicated Safer Neighbourhood Team.
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Sadiq with The Mayor of Wandsworth,
Jack Petchey, founder of the Jack Petchey Foundation and
the winners of the Wandsworth 'Speak-Up, Speak-Out Challenge',
Karen Boadu, Simon Duncan and Samuel Shonoiki.
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Sadiq
at the
Wandsworth Pensioners Forum AGM. At the AGM members agreed to
change the name of the forum to the Wandsworth Older People's
Forum.
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Sadiq punching 'Big Cig' on National
Non-Smoking Day. The smoking ban in public places, of which
Sadiq is a strong supporter, comes into force on the 1st July
this year.
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Sadiq with World
Health Organisation Goodwill ambassador and international
supermodel Liya Kebede at the launch of the WHO and Commonwealth
Secretariat's call to action for improvements to infant and
maternal health.
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Sadiq with some of Tooting's war
heroes at the Territorial Army Hall in Balham following a
ceremony held in Parliament where they received a Veterans Lapel
Badge. To find out more about the badge and how to apply for one
click
here
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Sadiq with Natasha Williams and
Shawna Williams at the recording studio in Tooting Base
Connexions Centre.
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Sadiq took part in an assembly at
Burntwood School celebrating International Women's Day. Here he
is with the other contributors to the assembly.
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Sadiq with a member of staff from
Wandsworth Museum protesting against Wandsworth Council's
decision to cut the museum's funding, forcing it to close. To
find out more about the Council's cuts and how you can help save
the museum click
here
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Sadiq meeting
students from Oak Lodge School in Tooting
before they took a tour of Parliament.
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Sadiq with members of
Wandsworth Fairtrade Group before a very unfair football match
kicked off on Wandsworth Common to raise awareness about
Fairtrade Fortnight.
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Sadiq Cycling to Westminster
with a professional instructor as part of the Wandsworth Cycling
Campaign's 'Movers and Shakers' Programme.
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Sadiq with the School Council
of Fircroft Primary at the Sovereign's entrance to the Houses of
Parliament before they went on a tour
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Sadiq recycling his newspapers
at the recycling site at Tooting Leisure Centre. To see Sadiq's
Guide to Going Green click
here
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Sadiq met
pupils from Penwortham School Council in
Westminster Hall following their guided tour of Parliament.
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Sadiq with his
campaign team, canvassing in Balham.
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Sadiq having his Body Mass Index
checked as part of Cancer research UK's "Reduce the Risk"
campaign.
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Sadiq with
pupils from Earlsfield School Council at the Palace of
Westminster before they went on a guided tour of Parliament.
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Sadiq with
Furzedown's 2
Labour Councillors; Cllr John Farebrother and Cllr Judi Gasser
to present Mr Patel of
Mitcham Lane
Post Office with some flowers and a thank you card for
his services to the Furzedown Community over the last 20
years
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Sadiq with Alan
Johnson MP and members of Balham Mosque and Tooting Islamic
Centre at the Labour Party Spring Fundraiser
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Sadiq with Fircroft School Council
at the Sovereign's Entrance to the Houses of Parliament.
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Sadiq meets Howard Nichol, local
self employed sound recordist to
listen to his
concerns about OFCOM's proposals to sell off 14 UHF TV bands
post analogue switch off.
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Sadiq Wearing a fake fur hat at a
protest against the use of bear skin hats worn by the Queen’s
guards organised by PETA.
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Sadiq with Billy
Bragg, Martin Linton MP and Jack Jones unveiling a plaque in
memory of veterans from Wandsworth who fought in the Spanish
Civil War
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Sadiq with
Battersea MP, Martin Linton, actress Prunella Scales and
Wandsworth residents in a mock funeral outside Battersea Arts
Centre to protest Council cuts to its funding.
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Sadiq signed a Book of Commitment in the House of Commons,
making a pledge to ensure that the victims of the Holocaust,
and of all
genocide, are never forgotten, and that the causes and
consequences of the Holocaust are understood by future
generations.
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Let's Talk Pensions.
Sadiq and John Hutton MP, Secretary
of State for the Dept. of Work & Pensions, held a seminar for
local residents and community organisations at the Furzedown
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Sadiq at the launch of the British
Heart Foundation's 'Doubt Kills' campaign. |
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Sadiq meets England Football Manager
Steve McClaren. Sadiq offered to come along to the next England
training session to give Steven Gerrard and Frank |