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12 December 2024 by zoepeet
Hi everyone, Thank you again for helping us bring this important issue to the council and for your patience in waiting for their response. According to the constitution, the council is obligated to provide an acknowledgement of a petition in two working days and a response in a further 10 working days. We received a […]
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17 October 2024 by zoepeet
Thursday 17 October 2024 At last night’s full council meeting, Green Party councillors’ questions went unanswered as they highlighted peoples’ concerns that so many residents’ and workers’ voices were not being heard across the borough. The Capital Programme for 2024-2028 report was discussed and Cllr Ainslie, Leader of the Green Group of councillors on the […]
26 September 2024 / 26 September 2024 by zoepeet
Local residents, businesses and councillors in Streatham are uniting in dismay at Lambeth Council’s continued neglect of our neighbourhoods. Our streets and pavements are dirty. Fly tipping is rampant. Rubbish ends up spread over our pavements when bin collections are missed – which is very frequent since the change to two weekly black bin collections. […]
25 September 2024 / 25 September 2024 by zoepeet
Lambeth Green councillors have been resisting Labour’s totalitarian style of administration, promoting climate action, standing against far-right extremism and supporting local residents. Read on for the full details. Statement of Solidarity Scott and Nicole were horrified by the recent far-right, racist demonstrations across the UK. We sent a letter of solidarity to community groups and […]
5 September 2024 / 5 September 2024 by zoepeet
Green councillors have written to London Mayor Sadiq Khan to appeal against the proposed development at Woodgate Drive. Read our full response here.
15 July 2024 / 15 July 2024 by zoepeet
Lambeth Labour to suppress free-speech Friday 12 July 2024 The Labour-led council in Lambeth will change its constitution to prohibit motions on foreign and international affairs and give the Labour Chief Whip the final say on which public Deputations are heard at its Full Council meeting on Wednesday 17th of July. The Green Party Group […]
6 June 2024 / 6 June 2024 by Lambeth Green Party
Crowdfunder Link Shao-Lan YuenGreen Party CandidateClapham and Brixton Hill Shao-Lan has lived in Lambeth since 2012, been a local government officer since 2017 and ran as local councillor in 2022. She has had a varied career in education and public service, including in the Galapagos Islands and helping refugees and asylum seekers to find English […]
24 May 2024 / 24 May 2024 by zoepeet
Thursday, 23 May 2024 The Green Party has revealed that their Lambeth Leader Scott Ainslie will be the Green parliamentary candidate in the new seat of Streatham and Croydon North. Scott has been serving as a Green Party councillor in Lambeth for ten years, and was also recently elected as one of the last serving […]
20 May 2024 by zoepeet
Scott and Nicole have been busy with the London election as well as council and ward issues. You probably joined the Green Party because you wanted to see real systemic change. The only way we can achieve this is by getting more Greens elected at local level and building up from that base. You are […]
26 April 2024 / 26 April 2024 by zoepeet
Wednesday 24 April 2024 Lambeth Labour’s Cabinet reshuffle misses the opportunity to tackle climate, housing and cost-of-living crises. Once again, its totalitarian control of committees will enable the party to evade rigorous scrutiny from opposition parties for another year. At Lambeth’s Council Annual Meeting, Green councillors demanded that Labour improve accountability by appointing opposition members […]
23 April 2024 / 23 April 2024 by Lambeth Green Party
Read the Knight’s Hill Newsletter below to find out more about Torla and why you should VOTE GREEN on May 2nd Click here to download / view the Newsletter as a PDF (with text included)
19 April 2024 / 19 April 2024 by Lambeth Green Party
Vote Green – Vote Duncan Eastoe on 2nd May Read more about Duncan in the latest Streatham Greens News
10 April 2024 / 10 April 2024 by zoepeet
We hope everyone had a lovely Easter Holiday. Here is our March councillor update, highlighting our work in Lambeth Council and the local community. YOUR COUNCILLORS IN THE PRESS Lambeth’s Housing Strategy and New Homes ProgramScott called out Labour’s failure to deliver on its housing promises at Cabinet, reminding them of their 2014 policy of […]
29 March 2024 / 29 March 2024 by Lambeth Green Party
We don’t have billionaire backers, only extraordinary people like you fund The Green Party, please help us reach as many voters as possible across Lambeth and Southwark to let them know to give all 3 votes to the Green Party, to get as many Greens as possible elected onto the London Assembly in 2024. Claire […]
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21 March 2024 / 12 April 2024 by Lambeth Green Party
Our Newsletters are put together by our support officer and we are delighted to announce that we have a new one, Zoe Peet, who used to work for a Green MP in Australia. Zoe has hit the ground running and is passionate about our vision and values. Here’s a glimpse into what we’ve been doing… […]
21 March 2024 / 21 March 2024 by Lambeth Green Party
Please sign up below to join us to delivery London Green News and other election literature for the London Mayoral and Assembly election coming up in just 6 weeks time. Streatham St Leonard’s From Scott’s >> 23rd March, Saturday 11am – 1pm 24th March, Sunday 11am – 1pm From Nicole’s >> 30th Saturday March 11am […]
18 March 2024 / 24 March 2024 by scott
Friday 15 March 2024 Labour members ignored Greens Councillor Scott Ainslie’s questions about Lambeth’s housing strategy and delivery at the Cabinet meeting on Wednesday, 13 March 2024. Following the release of Lambeth’s New Homes Program, Cllr Ainslie asked about the council’s capacity to nearly double the number of homes it builds by 2030. Cabinet members […]
1 March 2024 by scott
Wednesday 28 February 2024 Greens abstained on Lambeth Labour’s budget for failing to acknowledge its own financial mismanagement and conveniently omitting to mention the tens of millions of pounds wasted on the disastrous Homes for Lambeth. Cllr Nicole Griffiths, Streatham St Leonard’s ward, noted that Lambeth residents are facing the highest rise in council tax […]
21 February 2024 by scott
Friday 26 January 2024 At Wednesday evening’s Full Council Meeting the Labour administration voted down the Green Group’s motion (available here) calling for an immediate ceasefire in the Israel/Palestine conflict. Twenty Labour councillors (out of 58) were absent from the meeting, with just two Labour councillors and one Liberal Democrat voting for the motion. Cllr […]
14 September 2023 / 24 March 2024 by Lambeth Green Party
Crowdfunder for Jacqueline Bond for Vauxhall Ward Councillor Jacqueline was Vauxhall’s constituency candidate for the Green Party in the 2019 general election and is already known in the area. In the video Jacqueline talks about what she is passionate about and explains why she will be an excellent local community campaigner for Vauxhall ward. The […]
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. […]
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 […]
