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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 […]
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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 […]