Tenants face £12+ a week rent rises
Council tenants face a huge hike in weekly rents by next April of between £10 and £14 a week with cuts in services starting almost immediately, especially for those living on tenant organisation managed estates. Heating and lighting costs are also going up…
Labour Agrees £10 a Week Extra Rent Rise for All Lambeth Tenants
Labour Lambeth is increasing tenants rents by £5 a week in December and a further £5 a week in April 2009—this was agreed at a Labour Group meeting on Thursday night attended by only 17 councillors. Only Cllr Kingsley Abrams voted against, but two left before the vote. The increases will hit at least 20,000 [...]
Gipsy Road Post Office closed by Government cuts
Despite a well-supported campaign by local shopkeepers and residents, Gipsy Road Post Office is being closed under a Government cuts policy. The closure is especially disappointing because at one stage it looked like the branch might have been reprieved. Also, it is profit-making, which makes the closure decision all the more bizarre. The local Labour [...]
Council in turmoil over housing fiasco
Labour Lambeth’s £5 million Housing Scandal Investigations have uncovered a £5 million overspend in Lambeth Council’s housing budget. The money was apparently used to purchase temporary accommodation which unbelievably was then kept empty! The scandal only came to light when the accounts were being audited, leading to claims of a cover up. Conservative Group Leader [...]
Labour Lambeth names housing block after the IRA
Lambeth Conservatives are calling for a full inquiry and an apology to victims of IRA terrorism after Labour-controlled Lambeth Council pen pushers allowed a new housing block to be named “IRA COURT.” “This is an insensitive blunder by Labour Lambeth Council pen pushers,” says Conservative Lambeth Leader Councillor John Whelan. “It will distress families and [...]
Labour’s ‘double-whammy’ tax hit
Tenants in Vassall ward have been clobbered with a ‘double whammy’ of tax and rent rises by Labour councillors. First there was an inflation-busting 7.23% rent rise for council tenants. Now Labour Lambeth will rubber stamp a 4.75% council tax hike – and bills will drop through our letter boxes in early March. “Both the [...]