Lib Dems announce budget plans
Southwark Liberal Democrats have announced their two amendments to the Labour budget. Both are fully costed and will prioritise funding a specialist Knife-crime unit and a new hub for rough sleepers.
4 Mar 2019
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Lib Dems call for ‘Police Officers not Press Officers’
Southwark Liberal Democrats have submitted their alternative council budget. With Southwark having had the highest level of knife-crime in London, they are calling for the Council to allocate £1million a year to fund a dedicated specialist unit...
4 Mar 2019
Lib Dems Stop Labour Library Cuts
Despite promising to keep libraries open at last year’s local election, Southwark Labour moved to shut libraries for part of the week in their first budget of the new term.
18 Feb 2019
Councillors working to resolve youth violence
South London has been plagued with youth violence and anti-social behaviour in recent times. The reasons for this are many and not simple to solve.
15 Dec 2018
‘Betrayal’ of bus route closure
Transport for London have announced plans to scrap the RV1 bus service altogether.
8 Oct 2018
Southwark Council’s latest ‘Gravy Train’ scandal
Local groups and opposition councillors have accused Labour-run Southwark Council of ‘stitching up’ a body that’s intended to be a grassroots-up forum and ‘feathering their own nest’ by giving their own pick over £12,000 for chairing a panel...
8 Oct 2018