The disappearing library
After conjuring up fake libraries to fool the government inspector, Lambeth Council’s latest illusion is to make one of London’s oldest and best libraries disappear completely. In its “Lambeth – Yours to Explore!” map, all Lambeth’s libraries are marked except Upper Norwood. Gipsy Hill councillor Graham Pycock said: “The library has been here for 110 years; how can Lambeth possibly lose it?” On the Norwood version of this publicity document, West Norwood Library is praised as Norwood’s only library with Upper Norwood Library receiving no mention. Graham adds: “When I tackled the publicity department about this they implied that this was deliberate policy…
Lambeth Labour: Apply for credit cards
Labour-run Lambeth Council has been slammed for encouraging residents to join the electoral register to apply for a credit card. The adverts have been sited on busy streets across the borough just as the credit crunch kicks in for…
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 [...]
Vale Street depot to close – sign our petition
Lambeth Council has decided to close the Vale Street Waste Depot to general waste. It will in future take recycling only. This decision was made without any consultation with local residents. Conservative councillors in West Norwood forced the Council to reconsider and won concessions, but the closure will still…
Jowell: Recession will be ‘deepest ever’
A local Labour MP has admitted that the economy is wrecked after 11 years of Labour Goverment and facing a recession “deeper than any that we have known”. Tessa Jowell, the Olympics Minister, made the admission while being interviewed…
Former Conservative Mayor of Lambeth Dies Aged 41
Former Lambeth Conservative Councillor Jonathan Driver, who has died aged 41, was the current Mayor of Croydon and worked in the day as a history teacher and cricket umpire at Emanuel School Wandsworth. He was found dead at his home…
Lambeth Labour to slash sports funding
Almost £1million worth of spending cuts are to be made to sports provision, libraries and parks in Lambeth. Labour are set to reduce community sports programmes and slash previously planned investment in libraries and parks to save £995,000…
Councillor calls for smoke detector checks on fire death estate
Following the tragic death of a Lambeth council tenant in a fire at her flat in Petrel Court, West Norwood, Thurlow Park Ward Councillor John Whelan is calling for home fire safety checks on neighbouring properties. Cllr Whelan, a former member of…
Kemi Adegoke selected for Dulwich & West Norwood
Kemi Adegoke, a local conservative activist has been selected by the Dulwich and West Norwood Conservatives to fight Tessa Jowell at the next General Election. Wimbledon-born Kemi has an Engineering Degree from the University of Sussex and is…
Labour shamed by “one star” for libraries
The libraries and other cultural services have gone into meltdown under Labour according to a report from the government spending watch dog. The Audit Commission rated Lambeth at “one star” for cultural services, despite alleged attempts by the Labour Party to…