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Posts Tagged: Lambeth

Tim Briggs: Let’s show solidarity with the Venezuelans who have fled to London

Many Labour councillors are still backing the Maduro dictatorship. This is something we need to challenge.

By Tim Briggs | 17 October 2017 | 49 comments

Council spending on replacement lifts is out of control

The huge variation in costs does suggest that some councils, including mine, are likely to be paying over the odds.

By Harry Phibbs | 5 October 2017 | 6 comments

Tim Briggs: Lambeth, the once loony now ‘post-truth’ Labour borough

They push dishonest figures on homelessness and council funding – but the belief of Labour councillors in their own civic virtue remains constant.

By Tim Briggs | 7 February 2017 | 9 comments

“Red Ted” Knight, hero of the 1980s loony left, regains elected office in the Labour Party

He was barred from public office after leading Lambeth to disaster. But under Corbyn he’s back.

By Mark Wallace | 15 November 2016 | 11 comments

Lewis Baston: That “racist Tory leaflet” in Smethwick was certainly racist – but it wasn’t Tory

None the less, the local Conservatives exploited the climate of prejudice, while Labour sometimes bent to accommodate it.

By Lewis Baston | 11 November 2016 | 21 comments

Owen Meredith: Lambeth Council should axe their propaganda

While complaining of cuts, it spends £250,000 a year on Lambeth Talk.

By Owen Meredith | 3 March 2016 | 4 comments

Why did Lambeth Council pay out £2.3 million in compensation payments over two years?

The Council is in denial about its failings.

By Harry Phibbs | 5 February 2016 | 5 comments

Matthew Plummer: Why the coming boundary reforms spell the end of our local Associations

The pace of change between each election will leave obsolete the relatively stable arrangements that we know now.

By Matthew Plummer | 3 January 2016 | 35 comments

Momentum’s town hall offensive could be disastrous for devolution

Osborne must hope Labour moderates hold the thin red line in town halls or he may, like Thatcher, be forced to centralise.

By Henry Hill | 19 December 2015 | 32 comments

London’s Boroughs 1965-2015: Half a century of failure

Over the last half century municipal leaders have caused the capital to become an uglier place to live and work.

By Harry Phibbs | 17 December 2015 | 6 comments

Will deselections driven by Momentum allow the “Loony Left” to return to our town halls?

Moderate Labour councillors are generally proving craven about the threat that they face.

By Harry Phibbs | 11 December 2015 | 9 comments

My evening with McDonnell and Momentum – and yes, it’s all about deselections

At the launch of the Lambeth branch of the Corbynite faction, activists, audience members and the Shadow Chancellor made their intentions very clear.

By Mark Wallace | 4 December 2015 | 87 comments

Owen Meredith: Lambeth Council pushes up propaganda spending by 300 per cent

Lambeth Council’s magazine has been increased in frequency to become a monthly publication.

By Owen Meredith | 15 January 2015 | 20 comments

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