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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 […]
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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 […]
Lambeth Labour Councillors rejected a Green motion for a 4 day working week at October’s full council meeting, despite backing from trade unions, industry experts and many Labour MPs. The motion would have seen the council undertaking a trial for a 4 day working week with no loss of pay. The Green councillors highlighted the […]
28 January 2022 / 24 March 2024 by Lambeth Green Party
Council decision to award a £6.7m Total Assets Solution Partner contract to Savills called in by Green Councillors. As expected, the call-in was rejected by Lambeth, despite the compelling case put together by the green group with other community groups. The ‘call-in’ argued that the award would seriously weaken Lambeth Council’s ability to tackle the climate […]
14 December 2021 / 24 March 2024 by Lambeth Green Party
Greens Keep Pressure On Council To Compensate Victims and Survivors of Child Sex Abuse in Lambeth Lambeth Councillors Nicole Griffiths and Scott Ainslie have participated in the Children’s Services Scrutiny, attended the Corporate Parenting Committee and Cabinet to discuss the council’s plan in response to the recommendations proposed by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sex Abuse […]
29 July 2021 / 24 March 2024 by Lambeth Green Party
On Wednesday last week, at the full council meeting Lambeth Labour voted down a Green Party motion seeking to improve the state of Temporary Accommodation for homeless families in Lambeth (1). At the end of June 2021, Lambeth was housing 2,895 households in Temporary Accommodation: over 2% of the local population. This includes 4,258 children, […]
27 July 2021 / 24 March 2024 by Lambeth Green Party
“Our thoughts today are with all the survivors – and those who did not survive – the atrocious sexual abuse which took place over decades in Lambeth. “Over the last seven years, green councillors have met with survivors, listened to them and supported them, particularly as they have sought compensation through Lambeth Council’s redress scheme. […]
24 July 2021 / 24 March 2024 by Lambeth Green Party
Lambeth Council will now take 100 child refugees following a Green Party amendment that was passed at Wednesday’s council meeting. The fivefold increase from the previous commitment to take just 20 refugees under the Safe Passage pledge brings the council in line with other local authorities such as green run Brighton and Hove (1) (2). […]
10 February 2021 / 24 March 2024 by Lambeth Green Party
Green Party councillors have vowed to challenge last night’s decision by Lambeth Council’s cabinet to partner with controversial outsourcing firm Serco Ltd. At last night’s cabinet meeting, Lambeth Labour councillors agreed to award the firm – which has been embroiled in a catalogue of abuses, fraud and failures – a waste contract worth over £100m […]
21 January 2021 / 24 March 2024 by Lambeth Green Party
As millions continue to fall through the cracks of government support packages, the call for a trial of Universal Basic Income has been rejected for a second time by Lambeth’s Labour councillors. At last night’s full council meeting, Lambeth’s Labour councillors voted against a Universal Basic Income for Lambeth residents, for the second time. It […]
15 October 2020 / 24 March 2024 by Lambeth Green Party
A motion has been passed by Lambeth Council to support women with disabilities. Lambeth Green Party councillors tabled the motion at last night’s full council meeting, demanding action to alleviate the multiple inequalities experienced by women with disabilities and heightened in the current economic and health crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic (1). The council will […]
14 October 2020 / 24 March 2024 by Lambeth Green Party
Green Party councillors are urging Lambeth council to continue its support for Low Traffic Neighbourhoods at tonight’s full council meeting. The call comes as the council will vote on a motion that demands the reversal of Low Traffic Neighbourhood schemes across the borough (1). St Leonards Green Cllr, Nicole Griffiths says: “Low Traffic Neighbourhoods are […]
13 October 2020 / 24 March 2024 by Lambeth Green Party
Homes for Lambeth plans to demolish a building used for the temporary accommodation of homeless households, to erect a multi-storey housing block. Serious questions have been raised, however, as to what this might mean for the broader regeneration of the estate. By presenting the Roman Rise development as a “small” site with “100% affordable” housing […]
24 September 2020 / 24 March 2024 by Lambeth Green Party
Council’s development company Homes for Lambeth says it will end its relationship with of lobbyists following pressure from Green councillors Lambeth Council has said that it’s development arm Homes for Lambeth will be “concluding” its commission of Thorncliffe Communications, with a different company taking on its consultation work. It comes after pressure from Green Party […]
16 July 2020 / 24 March 2024 by racheltaylor
Green councillors learn ban on evictions will only last until 23rd August Green councillors are calling on Lambeth Council to urgently extend the period of “no evictions” policy and continue to protect those experiencing loss of income due to Covid-19. This follows the response to a question posed by Green Party Councillor Becca Thackray last […]
26 June 2020 / 24 March 2024 by racheltaylor
Green councillors are urging Lambeth council to sever its ties with a lobbying firm embroiled in the scandal involving Government housing minister Robert Jenrick. The lobbyists Thorncliffe Communication were used by billionaire Richard Desmond for his controversial Westferry development in east London. (1) The same firm Thorncliffe Communications,run by “Tory Fixer” Richard Patient (2) is […]
5 June 2020 / 24 March 2024 by racheltaylor
BAME groups will be hit hardest if council follows the Government and not the science, say Green councillors Green councillors have warned Lambeth council about its dangerous rush to lift local lockdown and that it was not showing the caution displayed by many other councils. The warning came at last night’s virtual meeting of the […]
24 May 2020 / 24 March 2024 by racheltaylor
6 May 2020 The co-leader of the official opposition on Lambeth Council has today written to the council’s chief executive warning that local people are suffering from poor decision-making and asking for urgent changes to the council’s scrutiny rules labelling them a “farce” and “not fit for purpose”. It comes after an “astonishing” virtual meeting […]
Council urged not to ditch ‘no evictions during pandemic’ pledge Green councillors are urging Lambeth Council to keep its promise not to evict anyone during the Coronavirus pandemic. The call follows last night’s meeting of the Council’s Overview and Scrutiny Committee during which a council officer said the policy would be “reviewed”. (1) The commitment […]