Southwark Council has taken the decision to write off £2.68 million of rental arrears owed to it, some of which have been left for as long as 13 years, and some individual debts up to almost £20,000.
30,000 pensioners across the 5 Southwark constituencies face losing £300 fuel payment this winter
Information obtained by the Southwark Liberal Democrats has revealed that Labour-run Southwark Council spent £5 million on Legal Disrepair claims in 2023.
The Government’s new formula for mandatory housing targets, which increases housebuilding targets nationally, is reducing the annual target in Southwark by 33%, analysis by the Southwark Liberal Democrats can reveal.
Southwark has been ranked 3rd on Housing in the country, beaten only by Birmingham and narrowly by Lambeth, the Local Government Ombudsman has revealed.
The council is to shift new council housebuilding to the "development agreement" model, rather than building homes themselves
