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Category Archives: Lambeth Council
Estate demolition threat sees campaign march on West End
Council tenants, their families, friends and supporters from across south London will be marching on the plush West End offices of one of the country’s leading property companies tomorrow to protest against their local council outsourcing the destruction of their … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Housing, Lambeth Council, London-wide issues
Tagged Green Party, Homes for Lambeth, Labour, Lambeth council, Pete Elliott, Savills
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Labour in new crisis over Lambeth councillor’s hate tweets
Croydon North MP Steve Reed’s old stomping ground of Brixton Town Hall is in turmoil today, after one of that borough’s highest-profile Labour councillors was forced to report himself to the party over historic racist, Islamophobic and transphobic tweets. Councillor … Continue reading
Help to Buy fuels London’s house price inflation say Lords
A parliamentary report out today underlines that £29bn-worth of housing subsidies have simply helped to boost several Tory donors’ profits, reports our housing correspondent, BARRATT HOLMES The cost of an average home in Croydon increased by 4 per cent in … Continue reading
Norwood residents ask MP Reed to act over estate demolition
After a year-long, rear-guard action from residents of a council-built estate on the Croydon-Lambeth borough boundary, Truslove House and the mature trees in the grounds around it have in the past week been bulldozed completely. Lambeth Council has been accused … Continue reading
Boundary Commission recommends four MPs for Croydon
Croydon is to get an extra MP under far-reaching proposed changes to parliamentary constituencies released overnight by the Boundary Commission for England. Under changes which have been years in the making, England will have the number of seats in the … Continue reading
Report: Ex-Labour leader denies sexual harassment claims
Jack Hopkins, one of the rising stars of Lambeth Labour when Steve Reed OBE was council leader at Brixton Town Hall, is being investigated by the party over an allegation of sexual harassment and unwanted touching, according to a report … Continue reading
Posted in Lambeth Council, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Croydon North, Jack Hopkins, Lambeth, Lambeth council, Steve Reed OBE
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Lambeth’s Labour council leader in shock resignation
Jack Hopkins won a leadership challenge a month ago, but stepped down today just as his council agreed to pay out a share of £1m damages and costs to black groups who won a human rights High Court case Jack … Continue reading
Posted in Lambeth Council, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Jack Hopkins, Lambeth council, Steve Reed OBE
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Mayor’s relocation plans place City Hall on ‘at risk’ register
The 20th Century Society expresses fears for landmark building and for under-threat social housing at Cressingham Gardens On the eve of the sixth election for the Mayor of London, City Hall, the building which has been the home of the … Continue reading
‘Surge testing’ for South African variant starts in Streatham
Lambeth today began carrying out “surge testing” for the South African variant of covid-19 in Streatham. It is the second area bordering Croydon to be subject to surge testing in a week, following cases of the South African variant being … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Lambeth Council
Tagged coronavirus, Covid-19, Lambeth, Pollards Hill, Streatham
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Activists set up camp to fight against Central Hill demolition
Campaigners have set up camp on the Central Hill Estate, on the Lambeth side of the borough boundary, in an effort to halt the felling of trees and demolition of Truslove House on Roman Way. Lambeth Council last month approved … Continue reading
Appeals to Sutton and Croydon to join Rashford campaign
The leaders of LibDem-run Sutton and Labour-controlled Croydon have been urged to join a growing number of councils in issuing food vouchers over half term as the row over free school meals provision during holidays continues. London boroughs Southwark, Lambeth, … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Elliot Colburn, Lambeth Council, London-wide issues, Paul Scully MP, Ruth Dombey, Schools, Southwark Council, Sutton Council
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Marcus Rashford, Paul Scully MP, Sutton Council, Tory
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Coronavirus being used as ‘smokescreen’ for estate demolition
It is not just in Croydon that residents’ groups have been alert to the inherent risks of placing the entire planning system into the hands of a few unelected council officials. The delegated planning powers, prompted by the coronavirus emergency, … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Housing, Jennifer Brathwaite, Lambeth Council, London-wide issues, Matthew Bennett, Mayor of London, Outside Croydon, Planning, Sadiq Khan, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Brick by Brick, Central Hill estate, coronavirus, Covid-19, Cressingham Gardens, Croydon, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Gipsy Hill, Green Party, Labour, Lambeth council, London, Matthew Bennett, Pete Elliott, Tulse Hill
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MP Reed promoted to Labour’s front bench in Starmer reshuffle
Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, on the step up for one of Croydon’s MPs Steve Reed, the MP for Croydon North, has been appointed to the shadow cabinet by the Labour Party’s new leader, Sir Keir Starmer. It’s the dream … Continue reading
Flemming runs for Streatham – and Newman gives his backing
Alisa Flemming, the Croydon council cabinet member who was in charge of the borough’s children’s services when they descended into a dangerously “inadequate” state, as judged by Ofsted inspectors, is now looking to advance her own political career by running … Continue reading
Fanfare for the Common man, and here’s a toast to two ‘saints’
WANDLE WANDERER: Our non-resident rambler KEN TOWL is off on his travels again, but he hasn’t had to venture very far afield to discover some overlooked treasures St Reatham is not, of course, a church named after a saint, but … Continue reading
Official figures show Croydon is capital’s worst for complaints
Our Town Hall reporter, KEN LEE, crunches some numbers and finds that according to the annual report from the Local Government Ombudsman, our council does not compare well, however you dress it up Official figures from the Local Government Ombudsman … Continue reading
Posted in Adult Social Care, Bromley Council, Children's Services, Croydon Council, Education, Jo Negrini, Lambeth Council, Merton, Planning, SEND, Southwark Council, Sutton Council, TfL, Tony Newman
Tagged Bromley, Conservative, Croydon Council, Haringey, Jo Negrini, Labour, Lambeth, Liberal Democrats, Local Government Ombudsman, London, London Borough of Croydon, Merton, Ombudsman, Southwark, Sutton, Tory
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Freedom! Are Crystal Palace residents ready for breakaway?
The week-long Crystal Palace Festival gets underway tomorrow with a weekend of music and dance in the park. But because of the local borough geography, the organisers and other groups have to deal with five, even six, local authorities, which … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Bromley Council, Comedy, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Park, Dance, Lambeth Council, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Music, Poetry, Southwark Council, Theatre
Tagged Bromley, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Festival, Lambeth, Lewisham, London, Noreen Meehan, Southwark
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44 care homes in Croydon fail post-Grenfell fire safety tests
Figures from the Mayor of London show that 44 care homes in Croydon were failing to meet fire safety standards through London Fire Brigade audits carried out following the Grenfell Tower tragedy. The figures put Croydon as second worst in … Continue reading
Posted in Adult Social Care, Andrew Dismore, Bromley Council, Croydon Council, Kingston, Lambeth Council, London Assembly, London Fire Brigade, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Merton, Outside Croydon, Southwark Council, Sutton Council, Tom Copley
Tagged Andrew Dismore, Care Homes, Croydon, Croydon Council, London, London Assembly, London Fire Brigade, Mayor, Mayor of London, Tom Copley
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Security warning for demonstrations over European elections
WALTER CRONXITE on how Croydon and other London local authorities have been told to prepare for the worst: European elections in May Jo Negrini, Croydon’s barely competent £200,000 per year council chief executive, confirmed to Monday night’s full council meeting … Continue reading
Posted in 2019 European elections, Bromley Council, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Kingston, Lambeth Council, Southwark Council, Surrey, Sutton Council, Wandsworth Council
Tagged Conservative, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Labour, Lambeth, London Borough of Croydon, London Borough of Sutton, Southwark, Tory, UKIP
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‘People’s Vote’ poll paints bleak picture for Labour in London
WALTER CRONXITE has been crunching some numbers from the latest opinion poll A much bigger survey than usual of London voters by YouGov, as part of their mega 25,000-people national poll (funded by something calling itself “The People’s Vote”), suggests … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Lambeth Council, Mario Creatura, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP, Surrey
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Jane Edbrooke, Labour, Lambeth, Liberal Democrats, Mario Creatura, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE, Surrey County Council, The People's Vote, YouGov
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Lacey’s in Mayfair with speculators to ‘unlock’ public land
BARRATT HOLMES on the latest instance where the council shows that it is more interested in cosying up to mega-rich property speculators than actually delivering homes at social rent Forget the possible contraventions of building regulations on one of its … Continue reading
Lambeth is showing the way with destruction of five estates
This week, Labour’s ruling NEC stepped in to stop one London council from undertaking a property deal which could have seen hundreds of council tenants evicted from their homes. Yet meanwhile, a bus ride up the A23 from Croydon, at … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Housing, Jo Negrini, Lambeth Council, London-wide issues, Matthew Bennett, Outside Croydon, Planning, Property, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Jo Negrini, Labour, Lambeth council, Lib Peck, London Borough of Croydon, Matthew Bennett, Member of parliament, Steve Reed OBE
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Upper Norwood Library re-opens with funding unannounced
GENE BRODIE, our libraries correspondent, reports on the delayed re-opening of the Uppper Norwood Library, as doubts remain on the 116-year-old community asset’s funding arrangements from Lambeth and Croydon councils Upper Norwood Library – or the “Hub on the Hill” … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Education, Lambeth Council, Libraries, Timothy Godfrey, Upper Norwood Library Trust
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, London Borough of Croydon, Robert Gibson, Timothy Godfrey, Upper Norwood Joint Library, Upper Norwood Library Trust
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