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'Flawed consultation' on £14m Norwood Hall project

‘Flawed consultation’ on £14m Norwood Hall project

The public consultation for a controversial £14 million redevelopment of the Norwood Hall site in Lambeth to build a polyclinic and swimming pool has got off to a flawed start. Lambeth town planning officials have sent details…

Labour fail to tackle poor performance by Lambeth Council

An unrelenting attack on the scrutiny process, that allows faults and problems at the council to be probed, has been launched on Lambeth Council by one of its most experienced members. Conservative Councillor Clare Whelan, a member since 1990, launched a robust attack against the Labour administration who she accused of failing to [...]

Lambeth Life ’should be scrapped to save jobs’

Controversial free sheet Lambeth Life is to stay in print, despite mounting calls for it to be scrapped in the face of widespread cuts.
At a full council meeting on Wednesday, July 28, Conservative group leader Councillor John Whelan argued that in the face of more than 400 council job losses this financial year, the free [...]

Workmen destroy trees in residential street

Workmen destroy trees in residential street

Mature trees on a West Norwood avenue boasting million pound houses were cut down after a cock-up by contractors replacing the pavement. Workers for Conways were relaying a section of paving in Lancaster Avenue when…

Labour Lambeth “to cut 2,000 Jobs by 2014”

Labour controlled Lambeth Council will have to cut between 1,700 and 2,000 jobs by 2014 in addition to the 400 already slated to go by March 2011. “In confirming these figures to me senior sources within the council say Lambeth needs to make £62 million of budget cuts over the next three years,” says [...]

Iraq War Hero Fights Tulse Hill By-Election

Iraq War Hero Fights Tulse Hill By-Election

Iraq War hero Will Blackburn, who served in the Territorial Army during the immediate aftermath of the invasion in 2003, is the Conservative candidate for the Tulse Hill Ward by-election on Thursday 1st July…

Labour Fails to Stop Squatters Occupying £459,000 Council House

Despite numerous warnings from local residents and Conservative councillors, Labour run Lambeth Council failed to take adequate steps to stop squatters occupying a council house in West Norwood valued at £459,000. The property had been empty for over four months while bureaucrats dithered.
The house in a leafy street opposite a church was “decanted” in [...]

Councillor “Wheelie Bin” is Dust Man for a Day for Barnardo’s

Councillor “Wheelie Bin” is Dust Man for a Day for Barnardo’s

Lambeth Conservative Group Leader John Whelan “wheelie binned” it for a day on October 30 to raise money for the children’s charity Barnardo’s. He volunteered for a shift as a bin man to raise money for the charity. And Lambeth’s waste contractor Veolia fixed for him to empty his own bin and those of his [...]

Community Backlash As Labour “Falsely” Smears Councillor Betty Evans-Jacas

Labour smears directed at a new Conservative councillor in Brixton who converted to the Tories collapsed in shame today, exposing Labour as the “nasty party” of South London.
Labour Leader of the Council Steve Reed alleged at a Lambeth Council meeting on October 21, and on his personal blog and Twitter account, that the Conservatives had [...]

Ex Labour Mayor Slams Labour Abuse of New Tory Councillor

The highly respected former Labour Mayor of Lambeth Lloyd Leon has called for “disciplinary action” against a labour Councillor who abused a new Conservative member of the Council by calling her a “scab”.  The remark by Councillor Pete Robbins of Larkhall Ward about Councillor Betty Evans-Jacas made on his personal Twitter Internet page has [...]