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February 29, 2012, No comments

Lambeth’s lead councillor for finance has defended the way cuts are being made ahead of tonight’s annual budget setting meeting. Labour cllr Paul McGlone, cabinet member for finance, says that …

Angry crowds stormed the town hall at last year's budget meeting

Lambeth Council: £30m cuts to be approved tonight

February 29, 2012, No comments

Follow tonight’s proceedings live on the Brixton Blog here.  Lambeth council will decide tonight where the axe in nearly £30million of cuts. C ...

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CPCG: The real ‘grief’ of stop and search

January 20, 2012, No comments

By Catriona Robertson If you like Lambeth in the raw, try Community Police Consultative Group meetings. They may be stylised, formal even, but there ...

Unison Protest outside Brixton Town Hall

May 12, 2011, No comments

The cuts continue unabated and there was a double whammy of protests outside Lambeth Town Hall last night. Save Lambeth Libraries campaign demonstrate ...

  • A snapshot of Brixton’s library protest
    February 7, 2011, 1 Comment

    Kaye Wiggins reports from Saturday’s protest against cuts to library services Abibat Olulode, who works at Brixton library, and Anna Tomlinson, from the library in Streatham, are among a group ...

  • Revolutionary Brixton
    February 3, 2011, 2 Comments

    Lots of protesting to be done in Brixton in the coming weeks – mostly organised by Lambeth Save our Services and UK Uncut. Please add other events in the comments below ...

  • Lambeth By Numbers
    February 2, 2011, 1 Comment

    The stats from last night’s Scrutiny Committee: £24m Amount the council says it will save in 2011/12 through “efficiency savings” £13m Amount the council will cut from frontline services in ...

  • Lambeth Council Scrutiny Committee
    February 2, 2011, No comments

    Kaye Wiggins reports from last night’s Overview and Scrutiny Committee at Lambeth Council – councillors, parent governors and church representatives meet to publicly hold Lambeth’s decision-makers to account Lambeth’s ...

  • Lambeth Primary Schools and cuts
    December 15, 2010, No comments

    Primary school league tables for Lambeth were published yesterday. The BBC explains how to read the tables here. It’s interesting to note that 15 Lambeth schools boycotted Sats this year in ...

  • Cllr Peter Robbins: The Impact of the Cuts
    October 30, 2010, 6 Comments

    Lambeth Labour Councillor Peter Robbins gives us his verdict on the coalition cuts and how they’ll affect us Last week, the Coalition Government released their spending plans for the next ...