Introducing Paul Valentine, our Green Party Candidate for the Herne Hill and Loughborough Junction By-Election on May 1st 7 April 2025 / 28 April 2025 by London Green Party Jim Dickson, a long-term Labour Councillor in Herne Hill and Loughborough Junction has stepped down – giving us a huge opportunity to win a by-election on May 1st. We’re delighted to introduce Paul Valentine, the candidate who’s going to join our existing councillors Scott Ainslie and Nicole Griffith to challenge the Labour monopoly of Lambeth council. […] Read more »
Lambeth Green Party Spring Cllr Update 19 March 2025 / 19 March 2025 by zoepeet Lambeth Green Councillors are pleased to share an update of their activities over recent months, as well as some upcoming events. Read on for more details. Lambeth Green Party AGM Please join us for our AGM at 2pm on Saturday, 22nd March, The Rotunda Hall, Cressingham Gardens, SW2 2Q. Here we will announce the candidates […] Read more »
Lambeth Labour’s Financial Crisis 6 March 2025 by zoepeet Opinion Piece by Cllr Scott Ainslie 5 March 2025 The Labour administration is doing all it can to avoid owning up to their part in Lambeth council’s dire financial position. Many councils have been starved of resources by central government austerity, but Lambeth’s circumstances are different. Decades of mismanagement and unscrupulous practices by the Labour […] Read more »
PRESS RELEASE – LABOUR GROUP FAIL TO SUPPORT MOTIONS ON CLIMATE 27 January 2025 by zoepeet Thursday 23 January 2025 Despite support from the majority of Lambeth MPs and residents, the Labour group refused to support a motion calling for the Council leader to write to all local MPs to support the Climate & Nature (CAN) Bill at last night’s full council meeting in Lambeth. The bill is due to be […] Read more »
PRESS STATEMENT – Lambeth Labour too afraid of hard questions 27 January 2025 / 27 January 2025 by zoepeet Lambeth Labour too afraid of hard questions Thursday, 23 January 2025 At full council last night, Lambeth Labour avoided tough questions exposing their failing administration. There are only around five full council meetings a year where opposition councillors and backbenchers get the chance to ask questions of cabinet members responsible for specific areas of the […] Read more »
Clean Up Streatham – Lambeth Council petition response 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 […] Read more »
Lambeth Green Cllr Autumn Update 14 November 2024 by zoepeet Lambeth Green Councillors are pleased to share an update of their activities over recent months, as well as some upcoming events. Read on for more details. GREENS IN THE PRESS Scott comments on MP Steve Reed accepting corporate gifts.Cllrs calls for greater safety and priority for active travellers following cyclist injury.Cllrs ask why Lambeth is sitting on assets while […] Read more »
PRESS RELEASE: Greens demand more openness and accountability from Lambeth Council 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 […] Read more »
Sign our petition to Clean Up Petition 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. […] Read more »
Lambeth Green Party Summer Councillor Highlights 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 […] Read more »
