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Melvyn Caplan

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Councillor for Little Venice Ward
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Melvyn has lived in the area and has served as a councillor for Little Venice Ward for 36 years. He has a degree in Economics and is a Qualified Accountant. Prior to retirement, he spent 25 years of his working career as a sales director of IBM and now spends the majority of his week on council activity supporting local residents.

During his long career as a councillor, he has held many Cabinet roles at the council as well as chairing both Planning and Licencing committees. Melvyn says ' it has been my privilege to serve this area for so long and I still enjoy supporting local people and helping to preserve the special character of the Little Venice area.'.

He also serves on the Little Venice neighbourhood police committee. In his spare time, he enjoys going to the gym and watching most sports.

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9,000 and growing as Westminster plants more trees

Wednesday, 23 November, 2016
The number of trees planted by Conservative-run Westminster Council is up by more than a third in a decade, helping to make our city greener every year.
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Nine million investment in Westminster’s sports centres underway

Monday, 21 November, 2016
Westminster’s sports centres are benefiting from a £9 million investment thanks to an innovative contract. The Queen Mother Sports Centre in Pimlico will receive £1.6 million to refurbish the spa, add a new yoga studio in addition to the recently refurbished changing rooms already delivered.
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Westminster Council wins award for animal welfare

Friday, 18 November, 2016
For the fourth year running Westminster has won the Gold Stray Dog Footprint Award from the Royal Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA).
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Little Venice Matters November 2016

Tuesday, 1 November, 2016
Clifton Road Festive Lights Once again your Conservative Little Venice Councillors are helping to bring some additional Festive Cheer to the shopping parade on Clifton Road, with the planned installation of Christmas lights due in early December.
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Vehicle Anti-Idling Days: the Next One on Friday 21st October

Friday, 21 October, 2016
There is increasing concern about the effects of nitrogen oxide and poisonous particulate-emissions on the lungs of those who live and work in Central London, especially small children, whose lung-capacity has been shown to be reduced by 8% compared with children growing up in a less-polluted enviro
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Conservatives planning to pilot 20mph roads

Friday, 7 October, 2016
Westminster Council has announced that it plans to introduce 20MPH speed limits in a number of pilot areas.  These will be implemented in streets in close proximity to schools or where there has been a history of speed related accidents.   We will also put up vehicle activated signs t
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Little Venice Matters October 2016

Saturday, 1 October, 2016
Asking for your local feedback All three of your Little Venice ward members, Councillors Barbara Arzymanow, Melvyn Caplan and Ian Adams (pictured) recently met with local residents at the Little Venice Sports Centre.  As part of the Council's revamped resident engagement programme, the counci
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Westminster children top of the class

Sunday, 18 September, 2016
Latest exam results in Conservative-run Westminster show pupils have performed brilliantly and exceeded National indicators, once again. Our primary schools exceeded the national average in all three areas (maths, reading and writing) for assessments taken at the end of infant a
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Conservatives act to protect residents from unpopular basement extensions and other works

Monday, 5 September, 2016
Income raised from a new Westminster Council levy will pay for a dedicated enforcement team to protect residents during construction by monitoring noise, working hours and truck deliveries.
 
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Report It!

Friday, 2 September, 2016
We all have a role to play in keeping our streets clean and tidy. If you see a problem, let us know using the council's Report It tool. You can report something on your phone or at home on your computer.
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Melvyn Caplan is one of two Conservative councillors representing Little Venice ward.

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