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Clapham Town Councillor Surgery – this Saturday!
Contrary to the total rubbish we posted yesterday, this weekend’s surgery will not be taking place at the Clapham Town library. And it wont be hosted by Nigel Haselden. Yes, we had a muppet moment. The surgery will instead be at Heathbrook Hall between 11am and noon. [Read More]
Budget cuts – everyone will suffer
The Conservative – sorry, I mean Coalition – government unveiled its crash and burn budget this week as Im sure many of you will have noticed, mainly because it hits every single ordinary person in the UK hard. The Tories and their Lib Dem lackeys did their best to sell [Read More]
Clapham Town Councillors – New Surgery times and location
The local surgery for Clapham town’s three Labour councillors has just changed. Although the time is the same – noon every Saturday – the surgery will now be at Clapham’s Methodist church, just off the High Street on Nelson Road. To get access to [Read More]
Leisure centre changes – interview with Lambeth Labour
The changes to Lambeth leisure centre have been in the news a lot locally following the council’s decision to redevelop the site. It closed on the 15th January for major work that will include the building of a new swimming pool. Local Clapham Town counsellor Nigel [Read More]
Lambeth Noise Control
There aren’t many things that are more downright annoying than a neighbour sending you up the wall with noise. To tackle this, back in November, Lambeth council expanded its noise patrol service so that it now operates much longer hours than before. As the Lambeth [Read More]
Lambeth primary schools – 48hrs to sign e-petition!
As we mentioned at the tail end of last year, Lambeth council is running an e-petition as part of a lobbying process aimed at getting more money for extra primary school places in the borough. The petition close on Wednesday, so if you havent already signed the petition [Read More]
Lambeth grit
Firstly, apologies for the lame headline, but it’s been a long day … The Streatham Guardian has just put up a decent write up about the council’s gritting effort across Lambeth and has the reassuring message that we aren’t about to run out of that all important grit [Read More]
Clapham and Lambeth snow update
A lot of you have been logging on to our snow updates, so here is a further update on how everything is looking out there in Lambeth and Clapham. The council’s website has once again been updated with news on services across the borough – this link outlines [Read More]
David Cameron – Because he's worth it …
As anyone pulling into Vauxhall bus station will tell you, it is a frightening sight – David Cameron staring out at you from a billboard. Doesnt anyone think about the children these days? However, its not quite as scary as the Tory leader scrambling around [Read More]
Lambeth snow update
If the weathermen are to be believed more ice, cold and potentially snow is on the way tonight and tomorrow morning. The council has updated its snow page with news about what services – buildings, schools – are up and running. UPDATE! – READ THIS PAGE FOR [Read More]
