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 […]

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 has been named and shamed as the second worst borough in the country for fly-tipping. New government figures show that 25,984 incidents of dumped rubbish were recorded in the borough in 2012/13, putting Southwark at the wrong end of the nation’s fly-tipping league table. The figures also reveal a steady decline in the cleanliness […]

A plan to turn Southwark into one of the nation’s greenest councils will be put forward by local Liberal Democrats next week. Liberal Democrat councillors will use a Council Assembly meeting on Wednesday (16 Oct) to propose the council goes ‘carbon neutral’ by 2018. It would mean the energy used by council buildings, schools, libraries […]

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 […]

Council bosses have been left red-faced after a burnt out museum was robbed of precious artefacts – despite security guards being on duty at the time. Thieves stole valuable antiques from the Cuming museum, which was severely damaged in a huge blaze last month, after walking in to the site at Walworth, South London. The […]

Southwark Council refuse collectors have seemingly been caught fly-tipping the streets they are supposed to be cleaning up. A video shot by a resident at Stephenson Crescent, South Bermondsey, seems to show council workmen putting boxes onto an existing pile of rubbish next to a bin storage area, rather than taking it away. Local councillor […]

A new website has been launched to capture fly-tipping in Southwark – and it wants your photos of dumped rubbish! The Clean Up Southwark! blog, set up by local Liberal Democrats, publishes pictures sent in by residents of unwanted junk cluttering up our streets. It aims to highlight the problem of fly-tipping in the borough, […]

Labour politicians have blocked Southwark Council from telling young residents how to get their records removed from a controversial DNA database*. Police are now banned from keeping DNA samples of people who have never been charged with an offence, after changes brought in by the Coalition government. Innocent people already on the database can also […]

Fly-tipping has almost TRIPLED in the borough since Labour took control in 2010, according to new figures. An average of 2,191 fly-tipping reports have been made each month this year, up from 763 in 2010/11 and 1,402 in 2011/12. It marks a 187% rise since May 2010 when Labour gained control of the council. The […]