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Category Archives: Lambeth Council
Now Lambeth Labour forced to ditch its failed housing venture
Our housing correspondent, BARRATT HOLMES, on the latest embarrassing climbdown by a south London council Lambeth Council is to wind up its arms-length housebuilding company Homes for Lambeth after an official review described its performance as “very poor” and recommended … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Business, Community associations, Croydon North, Housing, Lambeth Council, London-wide issues, Matthew Bennett, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Bob Kerslake, Brick by Brick, Central Hill estate, Cressingham Gardens, Croydon, Croydon North, Homes for Lambeth, Kerslake Review, Labour, Lambeth council, Lord Kerslake, Matthew Bennett, Pete Elliott, Steve Reed OBE
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Commissioners set Reed and Jones a boundaries conundrum
Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, on the layer-cake solution to the future of Croydon, and Lambeth’s, parliamentary constituencies It has been a standing joke on this website for a decade or so that former Lambeth council leader Steve Reed OBE … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Lambeth Council, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon East, Croydon North, Croydon South, Croydon West and South Norwood, Labour, Lambeth, Liberal Democrats, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Norbury, Sutton, Tory
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Bin workers face sack if they don’t work on Queen’s Funeral
While most council services have shut down for the bank holiday weekend ahead of Monday’s solemn royal ceremonials, Veolia staff have been told that if they don’t show up for work, they could be fired. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Croydon’s … Continue reading
Posted in Bromley Council, Business, Croydon Council, Kingston, Lambeth Council, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Merton, Refuse collection, Southwark Council, Veolia
Tagged Bromley, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, HM Queen Elizabeth II, HM The Queen, Kingston, Lambeth, Mayor Jason Perry, Merton, Queen, Queen Elizabeth, Queen Elizabeth II, Southwark, Tory, Unite, Unite the Union, Veolia
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Council knew housing scheme was ‘unviable’ four years ago
Lambeth Council has known for at least four years that their proposed redevelopment of an award-winning housing estate was “unviable”. The eviction of council tenants in Cressingham Gardens and the proposed development of much of the site into private flats … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Business, Croydon North, Housing, Lambeth Council, London-wide issues, Matthew Bennett, Mayor of London, Mott MacDonald, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Brick by Brick, Cressingham Gardens, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Homes for Lambeth, Lambeth, Lambeth council, Matthew Bennett, Mott MacDonald, Steve Reed OBE
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Environment Agency issues flood warning for River Wandle
No sooner has the amber heatwave warning in south London faded away in some light rain than the Environment Agency has put the area on alert for flash flooding. With heavy rain forecast to hit the capital today and tomorrow, … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Lambeth Council, Merton, Sutton Council, Transport, Waddon
Tagged Croydon, Environment Agency, Kingston, Lambeth, Merton, Norbury Brook, Richmond, River Wandle, Sutton, Wandle, Wandle Park
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Select committee MPs promise swift action at Regina Road
CROYDON IN CRISIS: More than a year since the ‘appalling’ state of flats in Regina Road caused a national scandal, MPs from a Commons select committee visited South Norwood and Upper Norwood this week. They were shocked at what they … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Florence Eshalomi, Housing, Lambeth Council, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Regina Road Residents' Support Group, South Norwood, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Ben Everitt MP, Bob Blackman MP, Central Hill estate, Clive Betts MP, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Darren Henry MP, Emma Gardiner, Florence Eshalomi MP, Kate Hollern MP, Labour, Lambeth council, Mohammad Yasin MP, Regina Road, Regina Road Residents' Support Group, South Norwood, Steve Reed OBE
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Are you local? Tories seek distance from party-goer Boris
Conservatives in Croydon, hungry for power, are beginning to see the Prime Minister as an electoral liability. By political editor WALTER CRONXITE With election day in one month’s time, Croydon Conservatives, having been first to pick their Mayoral candidate and … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, 2022 Croydon Mayor election, Bromley Council, Chris Philp MP, Croydon South, Ellie Reeves MP, Jason Perry, Lambeth Council, South Croydon, Sutton Council, Tony Newman, Val Shawcross
Tagged Akshata Murthy, Boris Johnson, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Jason Perry, Labour, Rishi Sunak, Tory, Val Shawcross
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Travers quits Lambeth after housing watchdog’s 30 complaints
It’s all change up the road at Brixton Town Hall, where £185,000 per year chief exec Andrew Travers has announced he is standing down, probably after May’s local elections. “Working for Lambeth Council has been a great experience,” Travers tweeted. … Continue reading
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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