19 July 2023 / 24 March 2024 by Lambeth Green Party
Labour dilute Green democracy motion as administration fail to protect most fundamental of human rights Concerned about the government’s authoritarian new Public Order Act, Green party councillors have tabled a motion calling on Lambeth Council to write to urge the Prime Minister to repeal the draconian legislation [1]. Lambeth Labour have failed to do so. […]
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18 April 2023 / 24 March 2024 by Lambeth Green Party
TW: Child Abuse Lambeth Labour leader needs to talk to abuse survivors. On 6th April, 2023, survivors of Shirley Oaks children’s homes held a protest outside the town hall asking for justice and accountability for ALL of the people placed in Lambeth’s care (sic) over decades. The protest notice [1] lists some of the issues […]
16 March 2023 / 24 March 2024 by Lambeth Green Party
Councillor Nicole Griffiths and Councillor Scott Ainslie The Green Group put forward four proposals for Lambeth Council’s Revenue and Capital Budget 2023/24 to 2026/27. 1. A Citizens’ Assembly for Social Housing 2. Tackling empty homes and Lambeth’s housing crisis 3. Retrofitting Council properties, creating jobs and supporting local businesses 4. Clean Green Lambeth: a Workplace […]
9 March 2023 / 24 March 2024 by Lambeth Green Party
Press Release: Labour play ‘Monopoly’ with Lambeth – and lose millions! Labour’s monopoly of Lambeth Council has lost hundreds of millions of taxpayers money on projects it has been warned about by Green councillors for years, but have continuously refused to listen. Lambeth Labour have used their majority to ram through pet projects, such as […]
2 February 2023 / 16 February 2023 by Lambeth Green Party
We are inviting all members to join us for a relaxed social event on Tuesday 28th of February from 7pm until 10pm near Brixton (at Cressingham Gardens Rotunda – on Tulse Hill SW2 2NJ) to meet and get to know other Lambeth Green Party members and supporters (you can bring non members too!), and find out more […]
29 November 2022 / 24 March 2024 by Lambeth Green Party
The Lambeth Green party and Green councillors are calling for an independent investigation of Lambeth Council’s disastrous flagship Homes for Lambeth, after it was announced last week that the company is being brought in house. After years of sustained pressure from the Green Party and local residents, the Kerslake Review into Lambeth’s affordable housing found […]
15 November 2022 / 24 March 2024 by Lambeth Green Party
Spires needs our help to ensure essential services continue to serve the community Nicole and Scott spent the morning at the Spires last month to catch up with the CEO, Matt, of Streatham’s homelessness charity. Matt explained how the increasing cost of living is impacting on both their service users and their ability to maintain […]
11 November 2022 / 24 March 2024 by Lambeth Green Party
Nicole and Scott have monthly meetings with the new Chief Executive, Bayo Dosunmu. Alongside other matters, top of their list is community safety across Lambeth, and the neglect of Streatham by the council. They are in regular contact with the Chief Executive and other local councillors to ensure the council take steps to tackle crime […]
7 November 2022 / 24 March 2024 by Lambeth Green Party
“There can be no meaningful mitigation or resolution of the global ecological crisis without specific action to address systemic racism, in particular the historic and contemporary racial legacies of colonialism and slavery.” – UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance Scott spells out the links between the […]
25 October 2022 / 24 March 2024 by Lambeth Green Party
Scott’s speech on Labour’s Food motion, Full Council 19 October 2022 A hungry child cannot learn. That won’t come as a revelation to anyone in this room. Nor, I think, would anyone here disagree that preventing our poorest and most vulnerable from going hungry ought to be our top priority. Because if we cannot do […]
