Borough and Bankside Councillors have joined Lambeth Liberal Democrats Councillor Donna Harris and local residents to call on Lambeth Council to stop a rat run on the Lambeth-Southwark border near Southwark Station becoming permanent.
The latest figures from the official local government watchdog show that Southwark had the 3rd highest number of housing complaints in England, being beaten only by Lambeth and Birmingham.
As plastic free July comes to an end, Lib Dem Councilor and long term environmental campaigner Graham Neale has written to the council urging it to take radical action to become plastic free.
Train operators in Southwark plan to close every ticket office in all stations apart from London Bridge, with multifunctional staff redeployed onto station platforms and concourses.
Official government data has revealed that that Southwark has over 3,500 households currently in temporary accommodation, the second most households in England.
