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Labour Mayor to scrap RV1
Transport for London has announced changes to the capital’s bus services, with the RV1 singled out to be scrapped altogether.
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Lib Dems protest against segregated play areas
Children play areas in Southwark are being segregated according to class, with kids from social housing prevented from playing with those who are not – even if they may be classroom friends in the…
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Lib Dems set Southwark Green Agenda for next decade
Southwark Liberal Democrats scored a major victory at the Council Assembly last Wednesday night by setting the agenda for the Council’s environment policy for the next decade.
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Lib Dems demand improved HIV strategy
Southwark Liberal Democrats successfully passed a motion at Council Assembly on Wednesday night, calling for a new strategy that makes the preventative drug PrEP more widely available.
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Southwark's Empty Homes crisis deepens
Latest government figures show Southwark is still the ‘Empty Homes Capital’, with eight hundred more Southwark homes empty than last year, bringing the full number to 6,761.
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Update on 2019 Council Budget - Cllr Anood Al-Samerai
Dear friend, 2019 has been very busy for us so far. On the national scale, we’ve continued campaigning to keep our security, prosperity, our place in the world as well as our rights and freedoms…
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Lib Dems announce budget plans
Southwark Liberal Democrats have announced their two amendments to the Labour budget. Both are fully costed and will prioritise funding a specialist Knife-crime unit and a new hub for rough…
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Lib Dems call for ‘Police Officers not Press Officers’
Southwark Liberal Democrats have submitted their alternative council budget. With Southwark having had the highest level of knife-crime in London, they are calling for the Council to allocate…
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Lib Dems Stop Labour Library Cuts
Despite promising to keep libraries open at last year’s local election, Southwark Labour moved to shut libraries for part of the week in their first budget of the new term.
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Councillors working to resolve youth violence
South London has been plagued with youth violence and anti-social behaviour in recent times. The reasons for this are many and not simple to solve.