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2000 free Olympic tickets for Lambeth’s young people

10 February 2012

Lambeth’s young people are celebrating a windfall of 2127 free tickets to the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games being in London this summer. As part of Labour in Lambeth’s drive to get young people to become members of the Get Set network, young people in Lambeth have received a total of 2127 free tickets which are [...]

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Tough choices have to be made warns council ahead of budget meeting

09 February 2012

A poster launched today delivers a stark warning to residents about the tough budget decisions the council has to make in February. The posters, produced at almost no cost to the council, remind residents that the Government has cut the council’s discretionary funding by just under one third, forcing the council to make tough choices about [...]

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Lambeth Living take on 12 new apprentices

08 February 2012

Lambeth Living has taken on twelve local young residents giving them the chance to start a brand new career as apprentices within the housing organisation. As part of Labour led Lambeth Council’s bid to get more local young people into work, Lambeth Living has signalled their commitment by offering young people the opportunity to gain vital [...]

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Brand New Clapham Leisure Centre Opens its Doors to the Public

03 February 2012

Lambeth’s first new leisure centre in 30 years has finally opened its doors to the public today just in time for the Olympics. At a time of severe spending cuts forced on councils by the Tory led government, the Labour administration at Lambeth are providing a state of the art leisure centre and brand new library [...]

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Lambeth Schools do it again with record 13th year rise in GCSE pass rate

02 February 2012

Lambeth’s secondary school pupils have outdone themselves again with a record 13th consecutive year of pupils gaining 5 or more A* to C grade GCSE’s.  The pass rate has gone up by a staggering 8.1% compared with last year and is a testament to Labours investment and excellent teaching in Lambeth schools. The improvement rate at [...]

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Ken sets the date for London’s Fare Deal fares cut

30 January 2012

Ken Livingstone has announced the date for his ‘Fare Deal’ fares cut. The Labour candidate for Mayor of London revealed today (Monday 30th January) that the fares will be cut on the first Sunday in October – October 7th 2012. He also said he would resign if he did not do it on or before [...]

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Lib Dems need a reality check over class sizes says Labour in Lambeth

27 January 2012

Labour in Lambeth have slammed Liberal Democrat councillors in London for suggesting scrapping restrictions on primary school class sizes. The Labour government introduced the 30 children per class limit in 1997, after cuts to education by the last Tory government saw class sizes rocket. Primary school places in Lambeth have been under increasing pressure for years [...]

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Clapham’s new leisure centre opens its doors to the public

17 January 2012

The new leisure centre on Clapham Manor Street has just opened it’s doors – and it’s twice as big as the old one! A fantastic new library, health centre and arts performance space will also be opening on Clapham High Street within weeks – and it hasn’t cost council taxpayers a penny! The new leisure [...]

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Val backs ‘Bikes 2 Brixton’ campaign

09 January 2012

Lambeth and Southwark GLA Member, Val Shawcross AM, has given her support to a campaign to bring  the Barclays Cycle Hire Scheme to Brixton.  Labour’s Val Shawcross joined campaigners in Brixton on Saturday afternoon to gather names for a petition to London’s Mayor urging him to ‘bring the bikes to Brixton’. The campaign has also been [...]

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Get skating in newly opened Brixton Ice Rink

20 December 2011

After listening to local residents Labour has made sure that Lambeth residents can keep skating uninterrupted with the new temporary Brixton Ice Centre, next door to Brixton Recreation Centre. The new Ice rink will be open for the next two and a half years while a brand new permanent ice rink is constructed in Streatham The [...]

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