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Now for change: Michael Poole-Wilson for Prince’s

Now for change: Michael Poole-Wilson for Prince’s

Lambeth Conservatives have chosen experienced local campaigner Michael Poole-Wilson to fight the Prince’s Ward by-election on June 4th. Michael has lived in Kennington since 2002…

Conservatives call for inquiry into dangerous dogs

Conservatives call for inquiry into dangerous dogs

Lambeth Conservatives are calling on the Council to take tough action to curb the growing menace from dangerous dogs in parks and on some housing estates in the borough…

Last chance saloon for Tulse Hill

Last chance saloon for Tulse Hill “bashment” music bar

The operator of a late night music bar at Tulse Hill Station has been told by the licensing authorities that his business is now in “the last chance saloon” unless he cracks down on dodgy customers including people suspected of having…

Funding for community projects in Thurlow Park ward

Funding for community projects in Thurlow Park ward

Conservative Councillors in West Norwood have used the new annual “Ward Purse” scheme to support two worthy community projects in Thurlow Park as well as a much needed pavement improvement scheme…

Labour Council hands list of empty properties to squatters

Labour Lambeth has released details of 1,000 empty Council-owned properties to an organisation that promotes squatting after ‘accidentally’ publishing a list of all vacant properties in the appendix of a council document.
Our borough currently has more than 17,000 homeless families on the waiting list for social housing, with the average waiting time to be rehoused [...]

Video: Vale Street Depot closure

Cllr Clare Whelan talks about Labour’s plans to close the general waste depot in Vale Street, West Norwood.  The decision means that Lambeth residents will need to travel to Battersea from 1 April 2009.

Clapham: Huge rise in tickets and tow-aways

Last autumn, Clapham Conservatives exposed how Labour Lambeth was making almost £6,000 from suspending parking bays in Clapham for utility companies.
We can now show how Lambeth have used these suspensions to massively increase the number of tickets and tow-aways in the Clapham ‘C’ controlled parking zone, using figures obtained from Lambeth Council under the Freedom [...]

Labour to axe swimming in Clapham

Labour to axe swimming in Clapham

Three years after fighting the last council elections on a promise to “Keep Clapham Swimming”, Labour Lambeth have announced plans to close and demolish the Clapham Leisure Centre in September…

Labour Lambeth rejects 1.5% council tax reduction

Labour Lambeth rejects 1.5% council tax reduction

Labour Lambeth has rejected a lawful alternative Conservative budget that would have cut Council Tax by 1.5 per cent to help hard pressed residents hit by the government’s failure to manage the economy. Building on…

Conservatives demand help for Lambeth businesses

Conservatives demand help for Lambeth businesses

Lambeth Conservatives have called upon the Labour-run Council to support local businesses during the recession by cutting the time it pays invoices from small businesses from 30 days to 10…