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 Brixton welcomes Windrush Square |
Thousands of residents celebrated the official opening of Brixton’s Windrush Square this weekend. The new town square opened with a bang as fireworks filled the air above a spectacular human c...
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| Labour freezes council tax for the second year running |
Labour has agreed a budget for ‘fairness and the future’ for Lambeth. The budget is a double winner for local people with council tax frozen for the second year running and extra money inves...
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| Lambeth to be Britain's first 'cooperative council' |
The Labour Government and Conservative and Lib Dem parties nationally have signalled significant cuts in public spending after the General Election. The cuts facing local councils could be great...
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| Britain's first parent-led school opens in West Norwood |
Elmgreen School has finally moved into their brand new school buildings and I was honoured to take part in the official opening ceremony. The new buildings are a stunning home to the country’s firs...
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| Government confirms multi-million pound funding for Lambeth council
homes |
Housing Minister John Healey MP has confirmed Lambeth will receive £230m to improve 10,000 sub-standard council homes. The council needs the additional money on top of almost £2m a week alread...
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| New windows on the Weir Estate |
Labour’s investing £2m a week to upgrade council homes right across Lambeth. It was a pleasure to join residents’ leader Dave McEvoy on a walkabout of the Weir Estate in Balham to see how t...
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| People power stops storage centre in Acre Lane |
People power has stopped another unwanted self-storage centre opening in Acre Lane. The old Fulham Timber site was put up for sale by its owners and bought by the Big Yellow Self-Storage company...
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| "Takeover Day" give youngsters a chance to help run the council |
This afternoon I was joined by Assay, 13, and Odia, 15, as part of the ’11 Million Takeover Day’. This national event organised by the Children’s Commission aims to give some of Britain’...
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| London's Tories offer hand-outs to defectors |
London's Tories are using public money to fund cash hand-outs to defecting councillors. At today’s meeting of the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority Tory defectors Cllr Betty Evans-J...
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| Crime fears over Brixton strip club |
A strip club called ‘Sins’ has opened in Brixton town centre. Given the area’s historic (and now declining!) problems with drug dealing, gang-related crime, kerb crawling and domestic viol...
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| Turncoat councillor betrays local people |
A Brixton Hill Ward councillor has defected to the Conservative Party. Although her decision is a massive slap in the face for thousands of voters who backed Labour in 2006, she will not be much...
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| The Big Freeze! ALL London Labour councils pledge zero rise in
council tax |
The leaders of all eight Labour-controlled councils in London have pledged to freeze council tax next year. That brings all the other London councils where Labour is in control into line with La...
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| Two new articles: listening to young people, and handing power to
communities |
I’ve had a couple of articles published in political pamphlets over the past few weeks. In one, I argue that we need to engage more closely with young people to understand their needs, stop d...
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| Jobs, funding and a special thank you at Labour Conference |
Labour conference in Brighton was as interesting as ever. I had a busy schedule of meetings with ministers, other council leaders and events I was speaking at. As always, my top priority w...
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| Labour's new school takes shape in Brixton |
Today saw the topping-out ceremony at the new Evelyn Grace Academy building in central Brixton. I was honoured to be invited to speak at the ceremony held to mark the completion of the main stru...
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| Vote now to spend £250,000 |
Labour councillors want more people involved in deciding how the council’s money is spent. So this year, we’re inviting local people to choose which projects will get a share of £250,000.&n...
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| Lambeth signs up to cut CO2 by 10% in 2010 |
Today, I signed Lambeth Council up to the 10:10 carbon reduction campaign. The campaign, gathering momentum across the country, commits signatories to reducing their carbon emissions by 10% in 2...
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| Labour agrees new pool for West Norwood |
A new swimming pool for Norwood is finally on the way! At Lambeth Council’s cabinet meeting this evening Labour councillors unanimously agreed to secure the old Norwood Hall site for the new p...
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| Brixton Hill residents say no to controlled parking |
Residents at the top end of Brixton Hill have given a resounding no to proposals to introduce resident-only parking in the area. Almost every single street and block in the consultation zone rej...
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| 60 mile bike ride raising money to fight heart disease |
After a very busy advice surgery at the town hall on Saturday morning, I cycled up to Clapham to buy a new helmet ready for the London to Brighton bike ride on Sunday. The bike ride is an annual...
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Thousands of residents celebrated the official opening of Brixton’s Windrush Square this weekend. The new town square opened with a bang as fireworks filled the air above a spectacular human c...
Labour has agreed a budget for ‘fairness and the future’ for Lambeth. The budget is a double winner for local people with council tax frozen for the second year running and extra money inves...
The Labour Government and Conservative and Lib Dem parties nationally have signalled significant cuts in public spending after the General Election. The cuts facing local councils could be great...
Elmgreen School has finally moved into their brand new school buildings and I was honoured to take part in the official opening ceremony. The new buildings are a stunning home to the country’s firs...
Housing Minister John Healey MP has confirmed Lambeth will receive £230m to improve 10,000 sub-standard council homes. The council needs the additional money on top of almost £2m a week alread...
Labour’s investing £2m a week to upgrade council homes right across Lambeth. It was a pleasure to join residents’ leader Dave McEvoy on a walkabout of the Weir Estate in Balham to see how t...
People power has stopped another unwanted self-storage centre opening in Acre Lane. The old Fulham Timber site was put up for sale by its owners and bought by the Big Yellow Self-Storage company...
This afternoon I was joined by Assay, 13, and Odia, 15, as part of the ’11 Million Takeover Day’. This national event organised by the Children’s Commission aims to give some of Britain’...
London's Tories are using public money to fund cash hand-outs to defecting councillors. At today’s meeting of the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority Tory defectors Cllr Betty Evans-J...
A strip club called ‘Sins’ has opened in Brixton town centre. Given the area’s historic (and now declining!) problems with drug dealing, gang-related crime, kerb crawling and domestic viol...
A Brixton Hill Ward councillor has defected to the Conservative Party. Although her decision is a massive slap in the face for thousands of voters who backed Labour in 2006, she will not be much...
The leaders of all eight Labour-controlled councils in London have pledged to freeze council tax next year. That brings all the other London councils where Labour is in control into line with La...
Labour conference in Brighton was as interesting as ever. I had a busy schedule of meetings with ministers, other council leaders and events I was speaking at. As always, my top priority w...
Today saw the topping-out ceremony at the new Evelyn Grace Academy building in central Brixton. I was honoured to be invited to speak at the ceremony held to mark the completion of the main stru...
Labour councillors want more people involved in deciding how the council’s money is spent. So this year, we’re inviting local people to choose which projects will get a share of £250,000.&n...
Today, I signed Lambeth Council up to the 10:10 carbon reduction campaign. The campaign, gathering momentum across the country, commits signatories to reducing their carbon emissions by 10% in 2...
A new swimming pool for Norwood is finally on the way! At Lambeth Council’s cabinet meeting this evening Labour councillors unanimously agreed to secure the old Norwood Hall site for the new p...
Residents at the top end of Brixton Hill have given a resounding no to proposals to introduce resident-only parking in the area. Almost every single street and block in the consultation zone rej...
After a very busy advice surgery at the town hall on Saturday morning, I cycled up to Clapham to buy a new helmet ready for the London to Brighton bike ride on Sunday. The bike ride is an annual...