http://www.lambethconservatives.com Working in West Norwood, West Dulwich, Streatham, Clapham, Brixton, Herne Hill, Stockwell, Kennington, Vauxhall & Waterloo Sat, 02 Jan 2010 11:35:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Despite numerous warnings from local residents and Conservative councillors, Labour run Lambeth Council failed to take adequate steps to stop squatters occupying a council house in West Norwood valued at £459,000. The property had been empty for over four months while bureaucrats dithered. The house in a leafy street opposite a ... http://www.lambethconservatives.com/2010/01/495k-house-squatted/ [caption id="attachment_567" align="alignright" width="300" caption="John (left) and the Veolia crew doing the rounds in West Norwood"][/caption] Lambeth Conservative Group Leader John Whelan “wheelie binned” it for a day on October 30 to raise money for the children’s charity Barnardo’s. He volunteered for a shift as a bin man to raise money ... http://www.lambethconservatives.com/2009/11/councillor-wheelie-bin/ [caption id="attachment_551" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Cllr John Whelan, Cllr Evans-Jacas and Streatham Parliamentary Candidate Rahoul Bhansali"][/caption] 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 ... http://www.lambethconservatives.com/2009/10/community-backlash-as-labour-%e2%80%9cfalsely%e2%80%9d-smears-councillor-betty-evans-jacas/ 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 ... http://www.lambethconservatives.com/2009/10/ex-mayor-slams-labour/ [caption id="attachment_551" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Cllr John Whelan, Cllr Evans-Jacas and Streatham Parliamentary Candidate Rahoul Bhansali"][/caption] 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, ... http://www.lambethconservatives.com/2009/10/betty-evans-jacas/ 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 ... http://www.lambethconservatives.com/2009/09/300k-survey-slammed/ 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 ... http://www.lambethconservatives.com/2009/08/lambeth-pools-2012/ 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 ... http://www.lambethconservatives.com/2009/08/labour-carnegie-sell-off/ 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 ... http://www.lambethconservatives.com/2009/08/rwandan-development-projects/ 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 ... http://www.lambethconservatives.com/2009/07/more-trucks-dumped-in-norwood/