don't read the menu options and go directly to the page content 

Southwark news

Showing records 71 to 80 of 297

Southwark and Lambeth childcare report shows help needed for new parents

Southwark and Lambeth have launched a joint Childcare Commission report, which makes a series of recommendations to make it easier for new parents to return to work. 04 March 2015Childcare commission
Southwark Labour slams Simon Hughes for defending local cuts as ‘fair’

Labour’s parliamentary candidate in Bermondsey and Old Southwark has slammed Lib Dem MP Simon Hughes for saying government cuts to the local area are fair 27 February 2015Simon Huges
Foster carers to be exempt from council tax

Southwark Labour is delivering on its manifesto commitment to exempt foster carers from council tax 27 February 2015Vikki Mills
Government backs Southwark Labour campaign to extend the Bakerloo line

Following years of campaigning by Southwark Labour and local residents to extend the Bakerloo line, the Government is now backing the proposals 23 February 2015Bakerloo line
Southwark’s Labour Cabinet announces funding for school crossing patrols in Dulwich

Southwark’s Labour Cabinet has announced funding for school crossing patrols in Dulwich 10 February 2015Andy Simmons
Labour councillors call for improved bus service to Rotherhithe

Neil Coyle, Labour’s Parliamentary Candidate for Bermondsey and Old Southwark, and Labour councillors in Rotherhithe are petitioning TfL to increase the service it provides to the Rotherhithe area 03 February 2015C10 bus campaign
Southwark Council slams plans to reduce affordable housing contributions

Southwark’s Labour council has hit out at government plans to allow developers to reduce affordable housing contributions 03 February 2015
There’s No Food with Anood

Councillors were left stunned at Council Assembly this week after Leader of Southwark Liberal Democrats, Cllr Anood Al-Samerai, turned on some of Southwark’s hardest working tenants and residents 23 January 2015Cllr Anood Al-Samerai
Southwark Labour’s transport lead slams Network Rail for poor service at London Bridge

Southwark Labour’s cabinet member for transport is calling on Network Rail to improve services at London Bridge station, where passengers have faced long delays, cancellations and extreme over-crowding since the New Year, as a result of major improvement works at the station 19 January 2015
Scrutiny committee calls for changes to council contracts

Southwark’s scrutiny committee has published a report recommending a new approach to the way the council deals with contracts 14 January 2015Gavin Edwards
website by Hudson Berkley Reinhart Ltd