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🔶 Working hard for Southwark all year round | Published and promoted by M. J. McClaren on behalf of Liberal Democrats all at 1 Vincent Sq, London, SW1P 2PN.
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Labour-run Southwark council have spent thousands of pounds of taxpayer cash on Domino's, UberEats, and Pret a Manger.

During a cost of living crisis, this is not what your council tax should be being spent on.

Liberal Democrats would scrap this Labour waste.
February 10, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Former Green candidate to stand for Liberal Democrats in Southwark local elections

southwark-libdems.org.uk/news/article...
Former Green candidate to stand for Liberal Democrats in Southwark local elections
Former Green candidate to stand for Liberal Democrats in Southwark local elections
southwark-libdems.org.uk
February 10, 2026 at 7:09 PM
We've written to Sadiq Khan expressing our concerns about what this means for Southwark, and urging him to change course.

www.southwark-libdems.org.uk/news/article...
Labour ignored warnings as Zipcar exit hits Southwark residents
The Liberal Democrats have said Zipcar’s withdrawal from London raises serious questions about City Hall’s approach to transport and the support given to car-sharing schemes.
www.southwark-libdems.org.uk
January 15, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Liberal Democrats warned Labour that their approach to transport policy would undermine car share schemes - which will have a massive impact on the ability of people to make greener choices, as well as on the type of developments in Southwark.
January 15, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Fantastic to have Luke join us in Southwark to discuss the issues with crime and ASB we're facing locally.

With Southwark facing the 5th highest number of crimes in London, it's clear that Sadiq Khan and Southwark Labour have let us down.

youtube.com/shorts/bbKsX...
October 31, 2025 at 3:02 PM
It's been another busy month for the Southwark Liberal Democrats - with some big wins and representing Southwark on the national stage:
October 1, 2025 at 4:12 PM
For #recyclingweek, Cllr Victor Chamberlain and Cllr Graham Neale visited Southwark's reuse and recycle centre to see how our waste is recycled.

Latest government stats show Southwark only recycles 30% of our waste - the top councils are Lib Dem run!
September 26, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Labour say they spend money like it's their own - but all we're seeing is even more wasteful spending on substandard contract work that isn't delivering value for money.

In a cost of living crisis, how a council spends hard-earned taxpayer cash is more important than ever.
September 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
People sometimes ask us - what do the Lib Dems actually stand for?

Over the next few weeks, we'll chat to some of our councillors and activists to find out what liberalism means for them.
September 18, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Not content with running a rail replacement bus service to disguise their failure to secure the Bakerloo Line Extension - Labour are now getting Southwark Council to foot a £5 million bill to prop up the gimmick.
September 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Labour have all levers of power - they need to get on with building the Bakerloo Line Extension.

www.southwark-libdems.org.uk/news/article...
Southwark Council to Foot Bill for Bakerloo Rail Replacement Service
Southwark Council is set to spend £5 million on the “Bakerloop” bus service, which mirrors the proposed route of the Bakerloo Line Extension.
www.southwark-libdems.org.uk
September 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM
2 weeks after Liberal Democrats called for divestment - Southwark Council will now take action to divest from companies linked to the occupation of Palestine, and embed the United Nations Genocide Convention in its investment charter
September 15, 2025 at 3:10 PM
When you or someone you love is diagnosed with a terminal illness, money should be the last thing you need to think about.

With 31% of working adults in Southwark dying in poverty, we're calling for the council to exempt those households from council tax.

www.southwark-libdems.org.uk/news
September 11, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The Labour Government's new top finance boss for local government used to be a Southwark Councillor.

She should know the challenges our borough faces, and exactly how damaging the Government's plans are.

Our letter to Alison McGovern:
September 9, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Almost a year after the regulator found serious failings in its housing department, this Labour council is already going backwards.

Residents are fed up of broken promises from London's worst landlord.

www.southwark-libdems.org.uk/news/article...
September 9, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Freshly verified analysis by the Southwark Liberal Democrats has revealed that right to buy discounts have cost Southwark £230 million since 2012

80 council homes were sold last year, whilst this Labour council started building just 1

This can't go on
September 5, 2025 at 3:15 PM
September 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The fight to save Southwark's last 24/7 police front counter is not over: we've written to Sadiq Khan demanding certainty over whether Walworth's front counter will continue to operate 24/7 or will have reduced operating hours.
September 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Two more Labour councillors have left the Labour fold after rebelling against the leadership earlier this summer.

It's no surprise at all - if even Labour councillors have no confidence in the Labour party's local and national record, how can residents?
September 4, 2025 at 9:40 AM
We've written to the Leader of the Council proposing to bring a cross-party motion to the next Council Assembly that would commit the council to divesting from companies complicit in the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza. We can and must to more to end this horror, and get the hostages released.
September 3, 2025 at 10:38 AM