At last night’s council assembly, the Liberal Democrats moved to declare a housing emergency, which would make it the first to do so in London.
Council admits failings in electrical safety standards and apologises to residents, but can’t explain why failing occurred.
New data has shown that despite declaring a climate emergency in 2019, the council approved 4967 homes that exclusively relied on fossil fuels
The council will be selling 9 council homes under new fast track rules.
In 2023/2024, Southwark Council approved just 16 homes in the planning process, representing less than 1% of the total homes approved in that year, with 2656 non-council homes approved in the same year.
On National Air Quality Day, Liberal Democrat analysis of air quality monitors in Southwark found that the air around Guy’s Hospital in Southwark was above the WHO’s guidelines for nitrous dioxide (NO2) for 7589 hours, the equivalent of 316 days.
