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 […]

A £100,000 government grant aimed at boosting trade on Southwark’s high streets is still sitting unspent in the council’s bank account over 18 months later, it has been revealed. Southwark was awarded the cash in March 2012 following a government review of high streets led by TV’s ‘Queen of Shops‘ Mary Portas. It was one […]

Southwark Council is set to bank over £700,000 which could have been used to help residents taken to court for council tax arrears, new research has revealed. Thousands of summonses were issued to some of the worst-off in the borough earlier this month, who have fallen into debt after being asked to pay towards their […]

Dear residents As your local Liberal Democrat team we are here to act on the side of residents. You may have heard that the council is looking at various sites to build new council homes. We absolutely agree that we need new council homes in our communities. It is great that changes in government rules […]

Southwark Liberal Democrats have said they will end the council’s investment in tobacco firms if they win control of the council next year – and instead look to invest the money in new homes in the borough. The announcement follows revelations that Southwark Council’s Labour administration has been investing millions of pounds in tobacco firms […]

Leader of Southwark Liberal Democrats, Councillor Anood Al-Samerai, has unveiled her new frontbench team for the year leading up to 2014’s council elections, with the focus on more affordable homes. Cllr Adele Morris will be the Southwark Liberal Democrats’ new deputy leader and is taking on a new Shadow Cabinet role of ‘Regeneration, Jobs and […]

Southwark councillors will have the chance to increase the number of Community Councils in the borough from five to eight when Liberal Democrats force a vote on the issue this week. Lib Dem councillors have put forward a motion at Southwark Council’s annual meeting on Wednesday (22 May), calling for a return to the previous […]

Millions of pounds has been paid out to people injured using London buses and trains in the last three years, according to new figures obtained by Southwark Liberal Democrat councillors and covered in today’s Evening Standard. Transport for London (TfL) has regularly been paying out tens of thousands of pounds for individual cases of travellers […]

Questions are being asked after Southwark’s Labour leader went on a trip to the South of France this week as a guest of property developers. Council leader Peter John is currently in Cannes on the French Riviera where he is attending an international property show. The tab is being picked up by Australian property firm […]