Southwark Labour joins Labour boroughs to save Freedom Pass
Southwark Labour has joined Labour councils across London in announcing that they will oppose any changes to the Freedom Pass scheme that would restrict its eligibility or reduce the range of transport services it can be used on. London Councils – the cross-party organisation that manages the Freedom Pass scheme on behalf of the 32 […]
Labour lifts two child cap, lifting 8,200 children out of poverty in Southwark
Southwark Labour has welcomed Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s budget, which will help alleviate child poverty in Southwark and assist local residents with rising bills. Rachel Reeves today announced that Labour would lift the two-child cap on families receiving universal credit, which will help over 8,000 children living in poverty in Southwark and over 500,000 across the […]
Southwark Labour Leader Sarah King flies the flag for council housing in Parliament
Southwark Labour Leader Cllr Sarah King has today appeared in Parliament to fly the flag for council housing amidst a national funding crisis. Southwark Labour has consistently prioritised council housing as the priority means of delivering genuinely affordable homes for local people, having built or started over 3,000 new council homes. However, Cllr King raised […]
Labour invests almost £1 million in Southwark to help homeless families
The Labour Government has today announced a huge raft of support for thousands of people facing homelessness thanks to an urgent £84 million cash injection to councils up and down the country ahead of winter hitting – including £928,533 in Southwark. Immediate help for children and families in temporary accommodation – including money to pay […]
Labour councillors launch petition for Peckham Rye Station upgrade
Local Labour councillors in Rye Lane have launched a campaign calling for the government to fund the full upgrade of Peckham Rye Station to make it safe and accessible. This summer, the Government paused funding to redevelop the station which would have eased overcrowding and installed lift access to all platforms. The news comes as […]
Lib Dems side with Tories to reject workers’ rights
The Liberal Democrats have returned to their alliance with the Conservative Party to shoot down Labour’s attempt at implementing greater employment rights, which would benefit over 6,000 workers on zero-hour contracts in Southwark. Lib Dem and Tory Peers in the House of Lords joined forces to reject Labour’s Employment Rights Bill, which had been passed […]
Southwark welcomes 400th refugee family
Last week, Southwark welcomed its 400th refugee family under the UK Government’s refugee resettlement scheme. The milestone was reached on the one-year anniversary of Southwark being accredited as a Borough of Sanctuary, in recognition of the pioneering work being done by the Council and the community to welcome those who have fled the most difficult […]
New stats rank Labour-run Southwark top for building new social rent homes
New statistics released by the Greater London Authority have shown that more social homes were completed in Labour-run Southwark than in any other borough in London last year. In Southwark, 581 brand new social rent homes were completed. 5x more social rent homes were completed in Southwark than in all three Liberal Democrat-run councils combined, […]
Six local GP surgeries to be upgraded under Labour plan to create 8 million additional GP appointments a year
Labour’s spokesperson for Health & Wellbeing, Cllr Evelyn Akoto, has today welcomed news that patients in Southwark will benefit from some of the 8.3 million more appointments each year that will be created as a result of a new government scheme to upgrade and modernise over 1,000 doctor’s surgeries. The local GP surgeries that will […]
Southwark Labour delivers £32,000 for LGBTQ+ events this summer
Seventeen LGBTQ+ organisations have been awarded a share of this year’s £32,000 Pride Fund by Southwark Council. The fund, which was created by a Southwark Labour amendment to the council budget in 2024, will be used for community-run projects to celebrate this year’s Pride Month in June, as well as in July and August – […]