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It's been another busy month for the Southwark Liberal Democrats - with some big wins and representing Southwark on the national stage:
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!
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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:
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.

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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
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.
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?
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.
Arica House major works - which came £1.3 million over budget - will finally have an investigation into it.

If this investigation happened when it was first asked for my residents, the other major works scandals which total over £6 million in overspend could have been avoided.

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After cuts to policing from our Labour government and Mayor, our Labour council has chosen to outsource community safety to a private contractor.

Liberal Democrats want to return to real community policing and would double directly employed community safety wardens.
The Southwark Liberal Democrats are leading calls for Southwark Council to promote the Thames Water WaterHelp scheme to ensure those who are most in need get some extra help as the Cost of Living Crisis continues to bite.

www.southwark-libdems.org.uk/news/article...
Research by the Liberal Democrats has revealed that an astounding £171,000 was spent by Southwark Council on an app that over 99% of Southwark's population don't even use!

Only the Lib Dems can cut down on Labour waste to deliver on your priorities.

www.southwark-libdems.org.uk/news/article...