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Southwark Labour @southwarklabour.bsky.social · Aug 15

🚨Police teams in Walworth and Peckham are to be DOUBLED🚨

With town centre plans and action days this summer, Labour are making our streets safer.

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Southwark Labour @southwarklabour.bsky.social · Aug 7

Only Labour are serious about tackling crime in Peckham.

Your Labour councillors have worked with the Met to establish a new Town Centre Team - doubling the number of police officers in Peckham 🚔

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Southwark Labour @southwarklabour.bsky.social · Jul 16

We welcome the Planning Committee’s decision to refuse the Aylesham application.

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Southwark Labour @southwarklabour.bsky.social · Jul 9

Thanks to Labour’s planning policies, local councillors in London Bridge and West Bermondsey are investing £2.6 million in local infrastructure projects

From estates to parks to solar panels, we are delivering improvements hand in hand with our communities

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Southwark Labour @southwarklabour.bsky.social · Jun 13

Labour is investing £39bn in the biggest boost to social and affordable housing in a generation.

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Southwark Labour @southwarklabour.bsky.social · Jun 11

We've campaigned for this, and this Labour government has listened.

Southwark Labour @southwarklabour.bsky.social · Jun 10

Happy Pride Month to our LGBTQ+ community in Southwark and beyond!

Yesterday Cabinet attended a ceremony to raise the pride flag above the council’s offices.

This year we have provided £32,000 of grants to make this summer a summer of pride in Southwark 🏳️‍🌈

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Southwark Labour @southwarklabour.bsky.social · Jun 6

We have been providing free healthy school meals in Southwark for over a decade

Tory and Lib Dem governments ignored us when we said that free school meals are a powerful tool to tackle poverty

Now Labour are delivering what they couldn’t: free school meals across the country

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Southwark Labour @southwarklabour.bsky.social · Jun 4

This week, Cllr Kieron Williams announced his resignation as Leader of Southwark Council and Southwark Labour.

Please see below for our full statement 👇

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Southwark Labour @southwarklabour.bsky.social · May 21

“Southwark is a place full of hope, and it is full of amazing people, that create that hope.”

On Saturday we came together to celebrate everything our communities have achieved over the past year

Congratulations to all our residents who received an award 👏

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Southwark Labour @southwarklabour.bsky.social · May 20

With our local health on the high street programme, waiting lists down and now GP surgeries being upgraded across our borough, Labour is bringing healthcare to the community and recovering our NHS 🩺

Southwark Labour @southwarklabour.bsky.social · May 19

On day 2 of the Southwark councillors’ challenge, our cllrs were put through their paces in circuit training at Burgess Park 💪

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Southwark Labour @southwarklabour.bsky.social · May 15

Labour are building genuinely affordable homes for local people 🏡

Last year more social rent homes were completed in Southwark than in any other London borough 🏗️

Meanwhile no Lib Dem councils in London managed to start building a single new social rent home ❌

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Southwark Labour @southwarklabour.bsky.social · May 8

Labour are working with our communities to boost the environment, with the first set of £550,000 delivered for local organisations to help wildlife and build climate resilience 🌳

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Southwark Labour @southwarklabour.bsky.social · May 8

80 years ago, the freedoms we enjoy were secured by our remarkable Second World War generation.

Today we come together to celebrate those who fought for our freedom.

Southwark Labour @southwarklabour.bsky.social · May 6

“Southwark Council leader announces £20 million of funding for communities across Southwark”

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Southwark Council leader announces £20 million of funding for communities across Southwark

Over coming weeks we will be announcing £20 million of new funding for community projects across Southwark - from Rotherhithe

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Southwark Labour @southwarklabour.bsky.social · May 2

“Our residents have had enough of the criminal dumpers who pollute our neighbourhoods with rubbish.”

- Cllr James McAsh’s comment as the government announced new powers to crush fly-tippers’ vans

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Drones and CCTV cameras deployed by council to catch fly-tippers

Drones and CCTV cameras are set to be used by the council to identify cars and vans used by fly-tippers

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Southwark Labour @southwarklabour.bsky.social · Apr 30

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Labour announces new fly-tipping powers for Southwark as council increases fines to £1,000 - Southwark Labour

– Southwark council has announced increases in fly-tipping fines from £400 to £1,000 – Meanwhile the Labour government has announced waste criminals and fly-tippers to have vehicles seized and crushed...

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Southwark Labour @southwarklabour.bsky.social · Apr 30

Today Labour have announced a crackdown on fly tipping:

✅ New £1,000 fines for fly tipping in Southwark
✅ New powers for the council to seize and crush waste criminals’ vans
✅ New technology used to identify fly-tip vehicles
✅ New sentences for waste criminals

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Southwark Labour @southwarklabour.bsky.social · Apr 29

Only Labour has a plan to rebuild trust between our local communities and the police who serve them

The new policing oversight meets tonight, with residents at the heart of improving transparency and accountability of policing in Southwark 🚔

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Southwark Labour @southwarklabour.bsky.social · Apr 29

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Labour councillors in Rotherhithe secure Lower Road changes to ease traffic congestion - Southwark Labour

Alterations to Lower Road should see traffic congestion ease, after local Labour councillors campaigned for change. Residents and businesses had reported issues with congestion on Lower Road. Labour c...

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Southwark Labour @southwarklabour.bsky.social · Apr 29

Local Labour councillors in Rotherhithe have secured changes to Lower Road to ease congestion 🚗

Consultation on an additional lane between Redriff Road and Plough Way will open on 1st May

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Southwark Labour @southwarklabour.bsky.social · Apr 29

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Rye Lane councillors welcome next steps in revitalising Peckham Rye Station Square - Southwark Labour

Local Labour councillors in Rye Lane have welcomed progress being made in upgrading Peckham Rye Station Square. The square will revitalise the space outside Peckham Rye Station, with buildings removed...

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Southwark Labour @southwarklabour.bsky.social · Apr 29

Labour are delivering in in Peckham with an upgrade to Peckham Rye Station Square 🏗️

The new Square will revitalise the entrance to the station from Rye Lane, exposing the refurbished Victorian station building and providing new open space on Rye Lane

Southwark Council @lb-southwark.bsky.social · Apr 28

Southwark Council has appointed BAM Nuttal Ltd as the contractor to carry out the long-awaited transformation of Peckham Rye Station Square.

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Southwark Labour @southwarklabour.bsky.social · Apr 29

Do you live on the Harold, Swan Mead or Creasy estates?

Your local Labour councillors are bringing the repairs service to you!

From Midday tomorrow the repairs team will be on hand to fix your repairs on the spot 🔧

Southwark Council @lb-southwark.bsky.social · Apr 29

What are Repair Action Days? Good question! Check out our video to find out more!

Residents of Harold, Swan Mead and Creasy Estate, we will be joining you tomorrow (Wednesday 30 April) from noon taking action on your repairs and getting things sorted.

We look forward to seeing you there!