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…
Be a councillor… and see all Lambeth life!
Lambeth Conservatives are looking for community-minded people to come forward and offer themselves for consideration as potential prospective council candidates. Recently more than 30 people attended an opening evening at the Town Hall to hear…
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…
Herne Hill Junction — green alternative rescue plan
Local residents and the Friends of Brockwell Park are promoting a “green alternative” to Labour’s plans to build a motorway-style slip road across part of the much loved park at Herne Hill Junction. Lambeth transport officials have already been briefed on the alternative which would result in only half…
Salters Hill safety improvements
Lambeth Council had installed a money-making camera trap at the foot of Salters Hill. Following an extensive campaign by Gipsy Hill Councillor Graham Pycock and several irate drivers the camera was removed. Graham also called successfully for genuine safety improvements at the school crossing at the bottom of the hill. Graham says: “At last, the [...]
Lancaster Avenue – Norwood Road crossing victory
After more than three years of campaigning local community leaders — backed by Norwood councillors — have succeeded in getting Town Hall officials to provide a “green man” crossing at the junction of Lancaster Avenue and Norwood Road. Although there have been some “teething problems” the switch on has been welcomed by local people and [...]
Councillors join ‘Clean Up Tulse Hill Action Day’
Tulse Hill Station is no longer quite such a litter strewn “grot spot” thanks to a community campaign supported by local councillors Irene, Clare and John. Local residents joined enthusiastically in a clean up day supported by staff from Southern Rail and Lambeth Council. As well as clearing litter, the street furniture was given a [...]