The Post Office has recently announced that London Bridge Post Office on Borough High Street is one of 115 earmarked for closure – and we need to fight these plans.Losing this essential service would have a devastating impact on our community, depriving residents of vital resources and resulting in job losses.The Post Office plays a […]

The Liberal Democrats have today formally requested that an Extraordinary Meeting of the Council be called by the Mayor, to address the “Serious Failures” identified by the Government’s independent Regulator of Social Housing, and to move a no confidence motion in Labour’s leadership over the issue. Last week the Regulator of Social Housing became the […]

WARD FORUM MEETING ON ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR AND COMMUNITY SAFETY We will hold our next ward forum meeting on Tuesday 19 November 18:00 – 20:00 on antisocial behaviour and community safety. We will be joined by the area police inspector and Council officers at the Africa Centre, 66 Great Suffolk Street SE1 0BL. Please just come […]

On Tuesday we held our latest ward forum on the Borough and Bankside Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) neighbourhood funding. CIL is collected from building developers to mitigate the impact of construction. We were joined by Council officers from the Regeneration team, who explained more about the funding and how it could be invested in our […]

Southwark’s Cabinet next week is finally set to release £20 million of money raised from private developers on community projects, after letting it accumulate for almost 4 years. Community Infrastructure Levy, known as CIL, is collected from developers to mitigate the impact of construction. Most of the money is spent on “strategic CIL”, and in […]

Residents and local businesses in Borough Market have won a lengthy dispute with the council, as it reverses its decision to permanently close Stoney St to vehicles. The compromise, which is to close the street at certain times, was brokered by local Liberal Democrat Councillors. Stoney Street has had temporary restricted access times since 2017, […]

Neo Bankside, the high profile development outside the Tate Modern which was shortlisted for architectural awards, has been formally issued with a Dangerous Structure Notice by the council after glass fell to the floor, narrowly missing passers-by.   Leaseholders, supported by their Liberal Democrat ward councillors, say that they have been warning both the owners and […]

The ‘Southwark Pride Fund’, announced and supported by all councillors and parties at the February budget-setting meeting, allowed local organisations to apply for up to £2,499 to put on events in pride month.   Local organisations have been forced to cancel events as they would not know if they had funding until 31st May, the day […]

Southwark has retained it’s place as London’s worst landlord. We have record numbers of housing complaints, failed housing refurbishment plans and a growing housing waiting list. But Southwark has now been shamefully crowned England’s capital of empty council homes.  1,512 council homes sit empty across Southwark. That’s more than the entire North West England. With […]

The number of cases of homophobic and transphobic hate crimes that have resulted in a criminal charge in London has dropped over the last year, new data uncovered by the Liberal Democrats shows. The data shows that the percentage of cases resulting in a charge for homophobia has dropped from 16.5% to 10.8% between 2022-2023. […]