Leader's Column July: Labour’s Partisan Cost-of-Living Approach is Playing Politics with People’s Lives
People tell us they want to see their council stepping up, coming together and taking action to support them through the cost of living crisis.

People tell us they want to see their council stepping up, coming together and taking action to support them through the cost of living crisis.
On Friday, the Southwark Liberal Democrats submitted their response to the TfL Central London Bus Review consultation.
A Southwark Liberal Democrat Freedom of Information (FOI) request revealed on Thursday that the usage of some bus routes that TfL plans to axe are close to or have surpassed pre-pandemic levels.
The Southwark Liberal Democrats called on Thursday for the council to review whether any developers have failed to provide promised play spaces in the past ten years.
Southwark Council owes residents £1.38m in overpaid council tax, the Liberal Democrats revealed on Thursday.
Southwark Labour refused to commit to Liberal Democrat demands on Wednesday evening for public meetings with residents on TfL’s proposed bus cuts.
Southwark Council spent at least £14,000 fighting a resident on an overcrowding case that it subsequently lost, a Liberal Democrat question revealed on Wednesday.
Southwark Labour has failed to declare a cost-of-living emergency, having voted down the Liberal Democrats’ proposal at a council assembly on Wednesday evening.
Southwark Labour voted to keep its ‘golden goodbyes’ for a second time in a row at a council assembly on Wednesday evening.
Southwark Labour has set out proposals for redesigning key parts of Dulwich Village’s traffic infrastructure and public spaces, but without any opportunity for local residents, businesses and…