17 July 2025
Do residents know that Lambeth Labour Party, who are failing so many residents so badly, pay themselves over half a million pounds annually in ‘special responsibility allowances’ (SRAs) over and above the basic councillor allowance of £16,200.
Also sitting on the Council are six opposition councillors. The Greens have three seats following their landslide win in the Herne Hill and Loughborough Junction by-election which was called once long serving councillor, Jim Dickson, finally stood down after clinging on to his seat (and allowance) for a full year after being elected MP for Dartford.
The Labour administration is refusing to recognise the new makeup of the Council – denying the Green group additional committee seats, resources, rights to debate at Full Council Meetings and sufficient officer support. They are also blocking a change to Lambeth’s Constitution to reflect the council as it is now.
Cllr Scott Ainslie, Streatham St Leonard’s ward and leader of the Green Group said:
“Labour Lambeth are clearly desperate, trying to deny the democratic vote at the recent by-election. Blocking the Greens from accessing council committees and other resources shows they are running scared of the Green Party, and so they should! With over 22% of Lambeth residents voting for us we are Lambeth’s second party and offering a different way of doing politics – see our pledges at https://lambeth.greenparty.org.uk/our-pledges/
and vote for us in the local elections in May 2026”.
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