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Southwark must stand with trans community, Lib Dems demand

To mark Trans Awareness Week, the Lib Dem group in Southwark is calling on the council and all elected councillors to stand with the trans community.

Southwark Lib Dems Call for Renewed Armed Forces Covenant from Council

As Armistice Day and Remembrance Sunday approach, the Southwark Liberal Democrats are calling for Southwark Council to review and renew its Armed Forces Covenant, ten years after it signed the Community Covenant.

Highest number of New Rough Sleepers in Southwark Since Covid

Southwark is seeing the highest number of new people sleeping rough since late 2020, according to Liberal Democrat analysis of the latest GLA data.

Southwark Lib Dems Respond to Ticket Office U-Turn

147% increase in compensation paid out by inner-London councils for housing issues in 2022/23

Housing Ombudsman data revealed that inner-London councils were order to pay £180,676 in compensation in between April 2022 and March 2023, an increase of 147% from the previous year.

Schools left in "term of paralysis" - Southwark failures laid bare by parents and teachers at education committee

A lack of communication and some actively harmful policy decisions form the council have made life harder for struggling schools and nurseries in Southwark.