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…
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…
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…
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…
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 [...]
Council hits severely disabled with huge charges hike
Labour Lambeth is pressing ahead with huge increases in social care charges for the frail elderly, vulnerable, and severely disabled people of the borough. These stealth fee hikes began last year when hourly care charges were raised from £7.50 to £12.50 but they have now soared to £17.50 an hour and are likely to hit [...]