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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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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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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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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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14 December 2011
Latest monthly data shows unemployment in London has soared to 9.9%, up 0.3% from the previous quarter. Apart from the North-East London is the region which has suffered the most, with unemployment rising by 0.9% from a year ago. It also has the second-highest rate of unemployment of any region, again apart from the North [...]
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13 December 2011
The UK’s first major community centre for Portuguese speakers will open its doors on 13th December. The centre, which was supported by a £500,000 endowment from Lambeth Council, will provide services to the local Lusophone community, the largest single minority in the borough. The centre, which is being run by a project board of community representatives [...]
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12 December 2011
In a further blow for people in Lambeth with mobility problems, from 1st January 2012, the Tory led government is imposing a price hike on Blue Badge holders from £2 to £10 to simply have their permits issued and renewed. The change comes because Lambeth, along with all other local councils are being forced by government [...]
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24 November 2011
Labour has guaranteed the future of Lambeth’s library service despite savage Government cuts that threatened many of our libraries with closure. The Tory-Lib Dem Government has chosen to hit Lambeth harder than other boroughs – this year we lost £37m while wealthy Richmond lost only £1m. It’s because of that unfairness in funding that Lambeth’s [...]
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21 November 2011
Ahead of this week’s Fare Deal rally, Ken Livingstone has announced the next important part of his Fare Deal for London today – a new zone 2-6 ZoneSaver card to replace the Travelcard abolished this January by Conservative Boris Johnson. Thousands of outer London commuters were stunned to find the zone 2-6 Travelcard was abolished [...]
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15 November 2011
Ken Livingstone has announced details of his ‘Fare Deal’ Rally which will bring together Londoners who are campaigning for fairer fares. The rally will be held on Wednesday 23rd November at the Camden Centre, Bidborough St, WC1H 9AU and feature individuals and organisations from across London alongside leading national politicians. Today Ken confirmed leading campaigner, Tom Watson [...]
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