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Get involved in our local election campaign

Get involved in our local election campaign 11 April 2018
Southwark Labour Announces Candidates for Local Elections

Southwark Labour Announces Candidates for Local Elections 03 April 2018
Southwark Labour launches 2018 Manifesto

Southwark Labour has now launched our manifesto for the local elections which will be taking place on the 3rd May this year. You can read our manifesto here. 22 March 2018
Southwark Labour reaffirms commitment to ending harassment outside abortion clinics

Southwark Labour’s Cabinet Members have reaffirmed their commitment to tackling harassment outside abortion clinics, following a motion in November’s Council Assembly meeting. 26 January 2018
Southwark Labour meets ambitious manifesto pledge on jobs

Earlier this month we achieved Southwark Labour’s ambitious manifesto commitment to supporting 5000 Southwark residents into employment. 05 December 2017
A new tube station at the Bricklayers Arms

This weekend, Labour Councillors and candidates were out in force that the rally to support a new tube station at the Bricklayers Arms. 13 November 2017Cllr Helen Dennis Bricklayers Arms
This Government can learn a thing or two from Councils on Apprenticeships

Last week, the DfE released the apprenticeship figures for the previous quarter, and their press release came straight out of the ‘burying bad news playbook’. 20 October 2017
Update on the Ledbury estate

Following the tragic fire at Grenfell Towers a joint meeting was held with the council, London Fire Brigade (LFB) and residents on the Ledbury Estate to discuss fire safety issues and concerns. At that meeting, a resident reported large cracks in their flat in one of the four towers on the Ledbury estate, expressing concern that these cracks breached the compartmentation of the flat and therefore compromised fire safety. A commitment was given at the meeting to visit the property and to check if compartmentation had been breached. 06 October 2017
Theresa May's missed opportunity to solve the housing crisis

Cllr Mark Williams has written an article for CityMetric in response to Theresa May's disappointing speech yesterday, outlining why the £2bn she announced for affordable housing won't solve the housing crisis, and what the Government could be doing to help councils build the homes our residents so desperately need. 05 October 2017Mark Williams
Southwark Labour's Housing Record: The Aylesbury Estate

At this week’s Labour Party conference there was real energy and enthusiasm for public investment in social housing and a willingness to tackle the scandal of homelessness from delegates, members, and Jeremy Corbyn in his speech. At a time when local government and social housing is under attack by the Tories this clearly shows that only Labour has the ambition to build the homes our country needs. 29 September 2017
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