The council is to shift new council housebuilding to the "development agreement" model, rather than building homes themselves
It is the first council to be put on the "gradings under review" list, and the 6th to be investigated.
Local shops that were facing rent hikes from the council of over 120% brought their case to Wednesday’s council assembly.
At last night’s council assembly, the Liberal Democrats moved to declare a housing emergency, which would make it the first to do so in London.
Council admits failings in electrical safety standards and apologises to residents, but can’t explain why failing occurred.
New data has shown that despite declaring a climate emergency in 2019, the council approved 4967 homes that exclusively relied on fossil fuels
The council will be selling 9 council homes under new fast track rules.
In 2023/2024, Southwark Council approved just 16 homes in the planning process, representing less than 1% of the total homes approved in that year, with 2656 non-council homes approved in the same…
On National Air Quality Day, Liberal Democrat analysis of air quality monitors in Southwark found that the air around Guy’s Hospital in Southwark was above the WHO’s guidelines for nitrous dioxide…
Southwark Council has today announced it will refer itself to the Regulator of Social Housing in relation to its electrical safety tests. The Liberal Democrats have welcomed the move as a win for…
