Lambeth Council: sort Streatham out! 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 […] Read more »
“There can be no resolution on the ecological crisis without addressing the legacies of colonialism and slavery” 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 […] Read more »
A hungry child cannot learn: Cllr Scott Ainslie on the Right to Food 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 […] Read more »
Labour rejects Green call for a 4 day working week to help council workforce with the cost of living crisis 25 October 2022 / 24 March 2024 by Lambeth Green Party 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 […] Read more »
Greens call-in £6.7m Savills Contract 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 […] Read more »
Green Councillors keep pressure on Lambeth’s Labour Cabinet in Historic Child Sex Abuse Inquiry 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 […] Read more »
Lambeth Green Group doing what Labour should be: standing up for homeless families in Temporary Accommodation 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, […] Read more »
Statement following the publication of the report into Child Sexual Abuse in Lambeth 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. […] Read more »
Green Party councillors secure support for 80 more child refugees in Lambeth 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). […] Read more »
Lambeth to award scandal-hit outsourcing firm Serco a £118.7m waste contract 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 […] Read more »