Lambeth Conservatives

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 [...]

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 councillors have been slammed for spending more than £300,000 to conduct surveys on children in care with cash that could be spent on providing better services for them. Labour-run Lambeth is to hire market research firm Ipsos Mori to conduct interviews with “looked-after” children and young people in the borough over the next three [...]

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, [...]

A group of Conservatives from Lambeth spent the second half of July working on different social action projects in Rwanda. Conservative Candidate for Vauxhall, Glyn Chambers, instructed 50 primary school teachers in writing and speaking English, whilst others worked on projects to develop Rwanda’s private sector through building the capabilities of the business school and [...]

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 [...]

The leaked Audit Commission report into Lambeth Living shows how the housing service in the borough has collapsed since the Labour Party regained political control of the council in mid 2006.  Despite changing the Labour politician in charge of housing recently the decline has continued and now the housing director is packing his bags to [...]

The draft a damning Audit Commission Inspectors’ report into the dire state of Lambeth Living which manages social housing in the borough for Labour Lambeth Council, has been leaked to tenant leaders and a number of copies are currently circulating in the borough. A copy was stuffed anonymously through a tenant leader’s letter box last [...]