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.
Labour’s ‘porkie pie’ record on housing
Labour Lambeth let down tenants before it took power in 2006 by failing to tell them it planned to set up the deeply unpopular Arms Length Management Organisation (ALMO), now called Lambeth Living…
Views sought on £12k ‘purse’ for community projects
Conservative councillors in Gipsy Hill and Thurlow Park are consulting local residents and community groups about a new grants project from the Council whereby each ward has a £12,000 “Ward Purse” to allocate to deserving causes or projects.
There are rules regarding the allocation of this money. The main ones are:
No more than three projects per [...]
Drunks and drug addicts to be targeted at Tulse Hill station
Further action has been taken by the authorities to clamp down on antisocial behaviour from a group of violent drunks and drug addicts outside Tulse Hill station.
The roof of a kiosk outside the station was removed recently to dissuade the drunks and beggars – who steal from local shops and aggressively beg from commuters – [...]
Met launch ‘crime map’
Mayor of London Boris Johnson has fulfilled another election pledge with the launch of a crime map to help the Police target problem areas. You can find it HERE.
The idea behind it is to show where crime is occurring at a local neighbourhood level – grouped by no more than a few streets – and [...]
Clapham Police Stations under threat
Closures as Police plan to retreat to industrial estate
Metropolitan Police Officials have confirmed that Clapham Police Stations are under threat as part of a programme that would see over 60 stations across London close.
Scotland Yard bureaucrats want to see police based in shops, supermarkets and even industrial estates, despite concerns expressed by many front line [...]
Gipsy Hill Police station under threat
Norwood loses out to Brixton… Again
Police stations throughout Lambeth – including Gipsy Hill – are under a new threat of closure and disposal to developers as operational services are likely to be centralised in east Brixton. This means that police vehicle response times to areas like Gipsy Hill would be increased.
The police want to work [...]
Back Boris to tackle London crime
Cllr Shirley Houghton, Conservative London Assembly Candidate for Lambeth and Southwark, has given her strong backing to the crime manifesto unveiled by Boris Johnson yesterday.
Shirley said: “Throughout Lambeth and Southwark, crime is the number one issue of concern – on the doorsteps, in the streets, and on public transport. We have had more than our [...]