A local councillor will become a real-life Wonder Woman this weekend – when she runs the London Marathon to raise money for a local charity. Cllr Lisa Rajan will join thousands of other runners for the annual event on Sunday, which passes through Rotherhithe peninsula and her own ward of Surrey Docks before heading over […]

As reported on Cllr James Barber’s blog, ‘outstanding’ school provider Haberdashers’ Aske Federation has announced it will open a new secondary school in East Dulwich, which will help tackle the shortage of permanent school places in the area. The campaign for a new school has been led by the three Lib Dem councillors for East Dulwich – James […]

Southwark must take urgent action to deal with its school places ‘timebomb’ after remaining one of the worst performing boroughs in the country for new admissions to secondary schools, local Liberal Democrats councillors have said. Official figures released this week show that over 1,000 pupils were rejected from their first choice of secondary school this […]

Southwark Council is causing itself “much reputational harm” by refusing to publish a key report about the regeneration of the Heygate, a senior Liberal Democrat councillor has said. The dispute over the papers is currently being considered at a Tribunal hearing, with Southwark Council fighting a previous legal ruling that the project’s financial ‘viability’ report […]

Southwark Park Athletics Track is set to re-open after a petition by local Liberal Democrats to restore it to its former glory. After falling into disrepair in recent years, funding has been announced to redevelop the site, including new changing rooms. The news comes after pressure on the council from Southwark Liberal Democrats, who have […]

Southwark Liberal Democrats have published a radical new ‘Cycling Vision’ for the borough, including segregated cycle lanes along all main roads as well as installing hundreds of extra bike stands and ‘Community Bike Repair Stations’. The plans have been launched along with a consultation asking local cyclists what they would like to see happen to make […]

Councillors in Southwark will be asked to vote on the borough’s controversial investments in tobacco firms when the matter comes to Council Assembly tomorrow (Wed 27 Nov). In June this year, local Liberal Democrats uncovered millions of pounds being put into tobacco firms through the council’s staff pension fund – despite the council running ‘stop […]

A ‘Southwark Cyclist Summit’ to discuss road safety and facilities for cyclists is set to take place next month, organised by local Liberal Democrats. The event will bring together cyclists from across the borough for discussions and workshops on a number of bike-related topics. It will feature a closing speech by Cambridge MP Julian Huppert, […]

Southwark residents will be able to log-on to free wireless broadband across the borough if a new initiative by local Liberal Democrats is successful. Launching their ‘Wireless Southwark’ campaign today (Monday 18 November), Southwark Liberal Democrats have pledged to bring free WiFi to public areas in the borough if they win control of the council […]

It looks like victory is on the cards for Southwark Liberal Democrats’ campaign to stop the council investing in tobacco firms and military suppliers after the announcement today that Southwark Council will be reviewing its investment policy. The news comes after months of pressure by Liberal Democrat councillors, who uncovered council investments in tobacco back […]