Category Archives: Lambeth Council
Croydon’s rewards for failure laid bare in Town Hall Rich List
Katherine Kerswell, Croydon’s chief executive who issued three Section 114 notices of effective bankruptcy during her time in charge at the council, was taking home salary and pensions totalling £223,838 in the year before she left Fisher’s Folly. Yet Kerswell … Continue reading
Councillors make call to divest from Israeli-linked companies
More than 150 councillors from across London’s boroughs and London Assembly members have signed a letter demanding divestment of council pension funds from corporations which fund or support Israeli abuses against Palestinians. Yet only one of Croydon’s 70 councillors has … Continue reading
Minister Reed challenged to release his Mandelson messages
The former DEFRA minister ignored all calls to nationalise the water industry. Now campaigners want to know why, and whether lobbying firm Global Counsel had any role in the matter Steve Reed, the MP for Streatham (and Croydon North, when … Continue reading
Perry begs for another £119m to balance his busted budget
Croydon’s Conservative Mayor, who has hiked Council Tax by 33% since 2023, still needs another £119m government bail-out to make his council budget balance. By STEVEN DOWNES Jason Perry, Croydon’s Conservative Mayor, has got his begging bowl out again to … Continue reading
‘If you think parks are protected, think again’ says CPRE report
Despite receiving £23m in grants for the up-keep of Croydon’s parks, only eight of the council’s 127 open spaces have Green Flag status. GIANELLA A BASILE looks over a new report which details more than 50 green spaces under threat … Continue reading
Labour councils pledge to uphold Londoners’ Freedom Pass
Political editor WALTER CRONXITE smells a bit of media manipulation over the handling of news about the capital’s travel concessions London’s Labour-run borough councils, with the “full support” of London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan, will block any changes to the … Continue reading
MP Reed spent Christmas tweeting link to Inside Croydon
Housing minister’s attack against the Green Party leader may have back-fired, as the cabinet member flagged up reports linking him to the unlawful hacking of this website. By STEVEN DOWNES The illegal hacking of this website in 2021 has been … Continue reading
Croydon’s 6.6% unemployment rate is among worst in capital
Croydon has one of the worst unemployment rates in London, according to the latest figures. There are 1.8million unemployed across the country, which the Office for National Statistics said, outside the covid pandemic, is the highest level nationally since August … Continue reading
Now Labour suspends selections in MP Steve Reed’s backyard
It is not just in Croydon where Keir Starmer’s party stands accused of acting unlawfully, as it faces a High Court challenge from a rejected candidate in Lambeth. By WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor The Labour Party in Lambeth has been … Continue reading
Council slammed for ‘neglect’ and ‘disregard’ on social housing
Labour-controlled Lambeth is in trouble yet again over housing standards in the borough, with the council criticised in an independent report that, according to opposition councillors, “shows a pattern of neglect, incompetence and a complete disregard for the wellbeing of… … Continue reading
Jewish councillor quits Labour over bullying and anti-Semitism
Martin Abrams, an elected councillor in Streatham St Leonard’s ward in Steve Reed’s parliamentary constituency, has quit Labour, citing a culture of bullying and factionalism in the party. Abrams is Jewish, and was suspended by the Lambeth Labour Party in … Continue reading
Public meeting: Your Party in Lambeth, Brixton, Sep 11
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Labour councillor charged with sexual assault and exposure
Irfan Mohammed, the Lambeth councillor who was suspended by the Labour Party after a police arrest, was one of three men who appeared at Croydon Magistrates’ Court earlier this week charged with a series of offences in relation to an … Continue reading
Labour suspends councillor over arrest as MPs are purged
While Downing Street chief of staff Morgan McSweeney was conducting his latest purge in Westminster, back in his old stomping ground of Lambeth, a Labour councillor was suspended yesterday after being charged with a criminal offence. Irfan Mohammed has been … Continue reading
Devolution Bill tries to fix Pickles Tories made of local councils
Among the multi-layered answers to “how did we get in this mess?” over Croydon’s, and other local authorities’, financial crises, Big Eric Pickles and his 2011 Localism Act goes a long way to explaining how Town Halls across England and … Continue reading
TfL to begin 18-month road works on Streatham Hill from Aug 4
TfL is due to begin major road works on a scheme intended to make the A23 Streatham Hill “safer and better for residents and visitors”, the transport authority said today. The scheme will create new pedestrian crossings, a protected cycling route and … Continue reading
Crystal Palace film festival under threat over council licences
The founder of one of the country’s most popular film festivals has branded Lambeth and Bromley councils “pathetic” and “short-sighted” over the threat to lumber his organisation with thousands of pounds of additional costs which could force the event to … Continue reading
Mayor Perry on trial: LTN admission could cost council millions
CROYDON IN CRISIS: A High Court case claims the authority has misused its powers over Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, with lawyers for the council expected to defend the Mayor’s manifesto U-turn by claiming that ‘election promises are not a binding contract’. … Continue reading
Labour deselects Jewish Streatham councillor for Gaza support
Councillor Martin Abrams has accused those running Keir Starmer’s party of ‘pursuing their factional obsession against the interests of both the community and the Labour Party’ Martin Abrams, a councillor for Streatham St Leonard’s ward in Lambeth, has been deselected … Continue reading
Complaints against Perry’s council on rise, Ombudsman says
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Our Town Hall reporter, KEN LEE, on another year where our council is close to the top of a league table – for most upheld complaints Katherine Kerswell, Croydon’s £204,000 per year chief executive, if she bothered … Continue reading
Fond sporting memories played out on Norbury’s fine pitches
NEIL BENNETT, the former BBC News reporter, hopes that plans for the redevelopment of a sports ground in Norbury will at least restore some of its past sporting glories It was just the Westminter Bank Sports Ground in the 1950s … Continue reading
Parking wardens stop issuing tickets in four London boroughs
More than 200 parking wardens and environmental officers across Wandsworth, Richmond, Lambeth and Kingston have stopped issuing tickets as a form of industrial action. This is the continuation of a dispute which has seen members of the GMB union take … Continue reading
Mayor Perry and Negrini together again at Growth Plan launch
WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor, on another missed opportunity for the benighted borough A strange thing happened on Thursday morning in a lecture theatre at Imperial College in central London. There, in the audience for the launch of London Mayor Sir … Continue reading
Government grants Perry’s record £136m council bail-out plea
CROYDON IN CRISIS: As government bails out cash-strapped council with record amount as part of £1.5bn provided across 30 local authorities in England, the borough’s elected Mayor was out on the piss. PLUS: There’s £40m provided to Lambeth to sort … Continue reading
