Lambeth Conservatives

Lambeth Council has promised to investigate complaints from residents relating to a West Norwood club following an intervention by Conservative councillors – after recent reports of shots being fired by people leaving the venue…

Labour smears directed at a new Conservative councillor in Brixton who converted to the Tories collapsed in shame today, exposing Labour as the “nasty party” of South London. Labour Leader of the Council Steve Reed alleged at a Lambeth Council meeting on October 21, and on his personal blog and Twitter account, that the Conservatives [...]

The highly respected former Labour Mayor of Lambeth Lloyd Leon has called for “disciplinary action” against a labour Councillor who abused a new Conservative member of the Council by calling her a “scab”.  The remark by Councillor Pete Robbins of Larkhall Ward about Councillor Betty Evans-Jacas made on his personal Twitter Internet page has angered [...]

A senior Labour councillor who represents the same ward as the Labour Leader of the Council Steve Reed has resigned the Labour Whip and joined the Conservative Group.  Councillor Betty Evans-Jacas, who represents Brixton Hill Ward, is also a Labour nominated member of the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority and had been a member [...]

Labour Lambeth plans to close two swimming pools at Clapham and Streatham in the run up to the 2012 Olympics. In 2006, Labour promised to “Keep Lambeth Swimming” but its ambitious promises to build new pools in Clapham and Streatham were flawed and depended on deals with private developers in the hope that new pools [...]

Labour Lambeth is once again considering a plan to sell off the Carnegie Library for conversion into private flats.  At its July Cabinet meeting Labour Councillors passed a report without changing any of the wording which reads: “Building operates well as a library however its location is not ideal and suffers from low service numbers, [...]

Labour-controlled Lambeth Council has let Norwood down badly. Local residents and ward councillors asked the Council to remove the dustcart depot from Vale Street by this September, as the council had promised. The Council’s decision? It has decided to keep the dustcarts in Norwood for at least four more years and increase the likely frequency [...]

A Conservative councillor is calling on Lambeth Council too step up its efforts to combat climate change. Cllr Clare Whelan, who helped set up its green programme, spoke out after Labour Lambeth failed to meet its commitment to reduce energy use and cut pollution. Clare chaired a cross-party commission which studied how the council could [...]

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…

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…