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Clapham Leisure Centre featuring Lambeth's latest state of the art swimming pool

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Clapham One Housing Project featuring a new Library

Clapham Common gets connected to the web with free Wi-Fi

21 May 2012

In what’s thought to be a London first, visitors to Clapham Common will now be able to be able to check their emails and browse the internet when free Wi-Fi is introduced to common later this month. The new Wi-Fi service is being installed as part of a partnership between Lambeth Council, which manages Clapham Common, [...]

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New Norwood leisure centre, GP and dental surgery given the green light

09 May 2012

Residents’ in Norwood are set to see work begin on a brand new swimming pool, fitness centre, GP surgery and dental surgery this week after the government gave the scheme final approval last week. The £16.5 million project led by Labour in Lambeth and NHS Lambeth will see the disused Norwood Hall building demolished to provide [...]

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Lambeth’s fight against crime results in £1.1 million CCTV upgrade.

08 May 2012

Lambeth Labour cemented their fight against crime in the borough with the approval of plans to invest in upgrading the current CCTV cameras helping to improve the network and make residents feel safer. The £1.1 million investment which will see 75 CCTV cameras being upgraded with state of the art new versions will take place over [...]

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Town hall volunteers to boost community action

26 April 2012

Lambeth’s Labour council is offering nearly 3,000 staff the chance to get involved in voluntary work in the community.   Local groups and organisations across Lambeth will benefit from the new scheme by inviting council employees to work on local projects such as play schemes, repainting youth clubs, serving food at pensioners’ lunch clubs, or planting [...]

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Loughborough Parks £75 million regeneration gets under way

26 April 2012

The £75 million regeneration project of the Loughborough Park Estate in Brixton has been set in motion with the demolition of the first block. The estate, first built in 1939, has been earmarked for regeneration for some years after failing to meet Decent Homes Standards as well as looking tired and dilapidated, and after intense campaigning [...]

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Ken – I’ll take full responsibility for Londoners safety

24 April 2012

Ken Livingstone today pledged that if elected he will take full responsibility for policing and crime in London by heading the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime. Boris Johnson broke his manifesto promise to, ‘‘Take responsibility for crime and chair the MPA’’ and after just 10 meetings the Tory Mayor resigned from the MPA (which [...]

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D day for the Tory ‘Granny Tax’

19 April 2012

On the decisive day for the Tory “granny tax”, Labour candidate for Mayor Ken Livingstone is meeting pensioners across the capital to discuss his manifesto for older Londoners. Ken will meet residents of  Anchor’s Greenhive care home in Peckham this morning to listen to their concerns. Ken Livingstone will set out his plans to stand [...]

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Brixton Windmill shortlisted for Museums & Heritage award for excellence

05 April 2012

The Windmill first built in 1816 is a testament to the local’s determination to ensure that future generations can enjoy a part of South London’s history with guided tours, special events and visits from schools and the public. The nomination comes on the back of a £581,222 restoration project which started in October 2010 and was [...]

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Swimming Pool Victory for Norwood

05 April 2012

Labour in Lambeth are thrilled to announce that after a long campaign, the Norwood Hall development has finally got the go ahead and work will start in a few weeks. Having secured £16.5 million worth of investment, residents in West Norwood will be able to use brand new facilities including a 25 metre swimming pool, fitness [...]

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Ken launches measures to tackle London’s gangs

03 April 2012

Ken Livingstone will set out serious new measures to tackle gangs and serious crime in London, during a visit to Myatt’s Fields estate in Lambeth today (Tuesday 3rd April). Ken’s plans include driving forward the community-led commissioning approach being pioneered in Lambeth, where Pastor Mimi Asher has helped over 80 local young people turn their back [...]

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