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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 over 30 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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Little Venice Matters June 2016

Wednesday, 1 June, 2016
Maintaining roads and pavements in Little Venice Ward Your Little Venice Conservative Councillors have been working hard on your behalf to ensure that roads and pavements in the ward are kept up to the right standard.   Little Venice Councillor Melvyn Caplan commented that ‘the general co
Children

Westminster Makes History With ‘Outstanding’ Children’s Services

Monday, 9 May, 2016
Conservative-run Westminster City Council has made history as the first authority in the country to receive an ‘outstanding’ rating from OFSTED for its Children’s Services. OFSTED said that Westminster’s Children’s Services Department showed ‘exemplary application’ of the ‘focus on practice’ model
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Westminster top of the country for social mobility

Sunday, 7 February, 2016
From Westminster Local News Recent research published by The Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission ranks Conservative-run Westminster as ‘the best performing area’ in England for providing life chances for young people and reducing child poverty. The Commission, chaired by former Labou
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Paddington Tower application withdrawn

Friday, 5 February, 2016
Thank you for all your support. We are delighted to report that following the campaign by your Little Venice Conservative councillors, the developer has withdrawn their planning application for a 72 storey tower.
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West End Green campaign continues

Friday, 5 February, 2016
The campaign by your Little Venice Conservative councillors to seek a reduction in the height of the tower on the West End Green site continues. We are very supportive of development on this site, but we want the right development.
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Little Venice Councillors oppose the Paddington Tower

Monday, 25 January, 2016
There is a planning application adjacent to Paddington Station that includes a 72 storey tower that will be visible from much of the ward and areas further afield such as parts of Hyde Park and Regent’s Park.
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Little Venice Councillors welcome your comments on West End Green Planning Proposal

Friday, 22 January, 2016
Your Conservative Little Venice Councillors are pleased that there is finally a proposal to build on this site next to the Paddington Green Police Station which has been vacant for over 30 years.
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Freeing up parking spaces for everyone

Thursday, 17 December, 2015
Westminster Conservatives have brought in a new range of measures to tackle over-running roadworks and long parking suspensions to free up parking for local residents, shoppers and commuters. Parking suspensions are typically sought to carry out activities, from utility works to filming the latest
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Westminster children achieve top results

Wednesday, 16 December, 2015
Following the publication of the latest GCSE results, Conservative-run Westminster is ranked 1st in Inner London and 8th nationally for the key achievement marker at GCSE -  the percentage  of pupils achieving 5 A*-C GCSEs (including English and Maths).
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New tech to protect disabled parking bays

Monday, 14 December, 2015
Westminster Conservatives have brought in a new state-of-the-art sensor technology pilot to crack down on inconsiderate drivers misusing disabled parking bays. The innovative new technology will mean disabled drivers will be issued with electronic E-Permits, which communicate with sensors built int
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Melvyn Caplan is one of three Conservative councillors representing Little Venice ward.

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