I’m a Liberal so I am pretty passionate about the principle of ‘live and let live’. As long as people aren’t harming others they should be allowed to get on with what they want – even if I wouldn’t personally make that choice. However, when people’s freedom to live their lives is disrupted by others […]

What do most people want from the council? It’s not gimmicks, election bribes and propoganda. It’s simple basic services like clean streets, good lighting and value for money. That’s why the Liberal Democrats prioritise these things every year in our budget proposals. And that’s why we’ve been so concerned about cuts to basic services while Labour finds […]

Spenlow House is set to get a much needed redecoration after a successful campaign by local Liberal Democrat councillors. Riverside ward councillors Anood Al-Samerai, Eliza Mann and Nick Stanton collected petition signatures over summer and wrote three times to Southwark’s Housing Director, calling on the council to ‘Give us a lick of paint!’. They argued […]

Afraid so – the Southwark Labour Leader has, this week, been welcoming the appalling Policy Exchange proposals to segregate social housing into ‘poorer’ areas. He’s proud that, in Southwark, Labour already have decided to give up on social housing in the north of the borough. Policy Exchange’s report, entitled ‘Ending Expensive Social Tenancies’ suggests that councils […]

I know that everyone has been really enjoying this series and it was been great to have two Southwark streets featured. I found the Camberwell Grove episode fascinating as I grew up walking up and down that road and it was great to see so many well known faces. It was also really important for the […]

This week’s full council meeting saw Lib Dem councillors standing up again for what really matters in Southwark. From day centres to nurseries. From arguing for proper and open council recruitment processes to showing Labour up for changing their own targets because they’re not meeting them. From caring for the vulnerable to protecting community heritage. I was […]

It’s been a very sad few months for local democracy in Southwark. We have seen the end of community councils and local planning decisions as we know them. Although Labour don’t think this matters because they can make quicker and cheaper decisions, I think there is nothing more important than local people being involved in […]

Dear friend, Liberal Democrats in Southwark have been working hard to ensure that the concerns of local residents, schools and businesses are addressed in the proposals for a new Thames Water tunnel. We have attended many meetings and we have responded twice to the consultation process. Local Lib Dems have made many attempts to persuade […]

Thank you to your paper for opening up a debate about local democracy and the possibility of parish councils in Southwark. It is telling and sad that Labour’s immediate reaction is to angrily scare-monger against any decentralisation of power in our borough. The local Liberal Democrats are simply asking people if they are interested in […]

Last night saw the Liberal Democrats performing brilliantly at council assembly. We were winning the arguments on post offices, older people, community councils, council housing, nurseries and senior officer pay. By the end of the evening Labour were so frustrated with our winning performance, they had resorted to trying to shout us down. They’ve tried […]