Listening to local people in SW1

Cllr Mark Shearer has been speaking to local people living near Westminster Abbey today. Locally, people are worried about Great Peter Street, the crime there, the anti-social behaviour, the drug dealing. So we have a six-point plan around that to really tackle it as councillors. There are also concerns about development and rat-running traffic.

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Mark Shearer

Mark Shearer

Councillor for St James's Ward
Mark Shearer is a Chartered Surveyor by trade. He also co-founded a tech-for-good platform, which enables companies, foundations and the government to fund community projects in a quicker and more transparent way.Mark was first elected to Westminster Council in May 2018.

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