Protest against the cuts, 26 March, join the South London feeder march

We will marching on Saturday 26 March on the TUC march against the cuts.


We are also involved in building the feeder march from Kennington Park. This is being promoted by anti-cuts groups in Lambeth, Southwark and Lambeth.

So come along and join the feeder march. More details here at the Lambeth Save our Services website

Lambeth town hall occupied

Local trade unionists and community campaigners occupy Lambeth town hall 23/02/2011

400 protesters demonstrated in Lambeth town hall tonight. The Labour councillors, supported by the Lib dems and Tories, wanted to vote in their package of cuts. The people of Lambeth demanded that they should be in the public gallaries. Despite filling one public gallery, the protesters were denied by council officers the right to fill the second gallery. The protesters then called for opening of the second gallery to the public. Despite requests from the people of Lambeth the councillors refused to allow the public into the second gallery.

Anti-cuts campaigners address demonstration against the cuts

Protesters outside of the Town Hall

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Mass lobby of Lambeth Council 7 February

Anti-cuts campaigners call for mass lobby of Lambeth Council over £37 Million cuts package

A packed planning meeting of local anti-cuts campaigners tonight called upon the people of Lambeth to rally at the Town Hall on Monday evening, 7 February, as the Council considers a £37 Million package of cuts which will cost 600 jobs, including all School Crossing Patrol staff and all Parks Rangers.

“Local people must demand that this Labour Council does not make these cuts,” said local resident Andy Tullis, “we need to be there on Monday night to make sure our views are heard.”

Representatives of local trade unions, pensioners and tenants were joined at the meeting by students and anti-cuts protesters from UK Uncut. Organisers are predicting a large turnout at the lobby of the Council on Monday night.

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Lobby of Labour Party meeting 20/11/10

Lambeth Save Our Services and workers from the local libraries turned up to lobby a Lambeth wide meeting of the Labour Party on Saturday morning.

Protesters lobby Labour Party meeting in Lambeth 20/11/10
(credit Keith Spencer)

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Brixton Demonstration today

Demo returns to Windrush Square in Brixton
(all credits Keith Spencer)

About 200 people demonstrated in Brixton against the cuts today. We rallied in Windrush Square before marching around the High Street and then returning to hear the closing speakers. The mood was angry and determined as speaker after speaker spoke about the cuts on their workplaces or services. What was uplifting however was that the speakers also reported on the resistance, all over the borough and nationwide people were organising and fighting back.

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Lambeth Save our Services actions

There will be a weekend stall on Sunday 4 September between 1pm and 2.30pm at Lambeth Town Hall


Watch this space for stalls and the coming public meeting

Protest tonight at council meeting, Lambeth Town Hall

Here's a pic at tonight's Lambeth Council. Again most people went in to challenge councillors over the cuts. There will be a public meeting sponsored by Lambeth Unison on Thursday 5 August at the Vida Walsh Centre, 2b Saltoun Road, Brixton, SW2 1EP

Save Lambeth's children and young people's services

Monday night saw nearly 100 people demonstrate outside the town hall in Brixton in defence of children and young people's services, which are facing the brunt of Lambeth Council's cuts. The demo was lively with lots of workers, parents and children attending. Afterwards many went into the committee meeting to challenge the councillors.

Nearly half of Lambeth Council homes are substandard

The latest report from Lambeth Council shows that there has been an increase in the number of substandard homes in the borough from 30 per cent (March 2009) to 49 per cent.

During May's election campaign, Lambeth Workers Power highlighted that the council's own figures in its annual report showed that 50 per cent of homes were "Not Decent".

Now we learn that substandard homes in Lambeth have increased by more than 60 per cent since March 2009.

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Lambeth Activists newsletter: summer 2010

Lambeth Activists is a group of Unison activists who have played a key role in building the union in recent years, and getting fighting policies passed through the Lambeth branch. This is their newsletter for this summer. Download as a PDF here

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Lambeth Activists Newsletter
Summer 2010

INSIDE:
GAZA – BREAK THE SIEGE!
THE TRUTH ABOUT TEMPS
NO TO EDUCATION CUTS
STAFF CONFERENCES – GOOD VALUE?
LETTERS

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Lambeth council workers prepare for strikes

Council workers are ramping up the action to stop cuts to jobs and services. Jeremy Drinkall, a Lambeth Unison shop steward reports

• Unison branch meeting largest for a decade
• Indicative ballot for strikes called
• Branch unanimously calls for general strike

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Lambeth fights cuts

The Con-Dem cuts coalition was quick off the mark to announce big reductions in council services: £537 million from grants to local authorities, £311 million from funding for schools, £309 million from transport budgets. If you want to see how this billion pound bomb could impact on your town, take a look at Lambeth in south London.

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Lambeth Council's public consultation sham

Lambeth Council says that it is consulting over its plans for it to become a "John Lewis style partnership".

But it appears that its consultation is not quite the public exercise – in fact the public will have little say.

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The coming cuts in Lambeth

During the election campaign Workers Power warned about the coming cuts.

Now we have seen nationally what the Con-Dem coalition is considering with its £6 billion programme of cuts announced and more on the way with the emergency budget on 22 June and a spending review in the Autumn.

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Latin American hustings and Spanish leaflet

A really good hustings at the Elephant and Castle with more than a thousand Latin Americans.  I'll write a full report soon as I am off leafleting estates but here is the Spanish text of our leaflet

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Leisure services in danger despite Streatham Hub deal

Lambeth Council and Tesco's have finally signed a deal over the Streatham Hub, the area around the swimming pool, the ice rink and bus garage, in return for building a great big Tesco's next to Morrison's and few hundred yards away from Safeway.

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