New analysis by Shelter has revealed that 1 in 38 people in Southwark will be homeless this Christmas, which is the 9th highest council area in the country. Across England it is 1 in 160.
The Liberal Democrats have written to the council to demand urgent action to resolve inconsiderate parking of Lime bikes across the borough, after they secured in-principle commitments from Lime on solutions.
Southwark Labour have blocked the Liberal Democrats’ calling of an Extraordinary Meeting of the Council to address “Serious Failings” found by an independent housing watchdog.
The Liberal Democrats have written directly to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities, and Local Government, Angela Rayner, to urge for intervention after the Regulator of Social Housing found “serious failings”
An official survey taken by social housing providers has revealed that most Southwark tenants do not feel that the council “listens to their views and acts upon them”.
The Liberal Democrats have today formally requested that an Extraordinary Meeting of the Council be called by the Mayor, to address the “Serious Failures” identified by the Government’s independent Regulator of Social Housing.
