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HELPFUL LEGAL ADVICE
Brixton Advice Centre to leave historic Railton Road HQ
Brixton Advice Centre, a fixture on Railton Road for decades, is selling its building...
Council aid for EU residents to stay in Lambeth
Lambeth council is to fund local charities to advise European Union nationals living in...
PLANNING & HOUSING
Council warns of ‘even more drastic’ cuts without help in budget
The soaring cost of accommodation for growing numbers of homeless people, combined with 14 years of austerity, is a major factor in Lambeth council...
Too many Lambeth tenants still receiving ‘unacceptable service’ says Ombudsman
Improvements in its housing service made by Lambeth council, have not been “seen and felt” by residents, the Housing Ombudsman said today (11 January)...
COUNCIL
Council outlines Brixton anti social behaviour work
Lambeth council says a team of outreach workers is operating in Brixton town centre to engage with drug users.
There has been mounting concern about...
Council tenant three years in temporary accommodation
Lambeth council has, once again, been named in a Housing Ombudsman monthly report on severe maladministration.
In this case, the ombudsman cited a case it reported...
£50m over 8 years to enforce parking, bus lane and other...
Lambeth council is planning to pay contractors more than £50m over eight years to enforce parking, traffic and other regulations in the borough.
The full...
Angell Town residents urge council to ban alcohol sales
More then 60 residents of Brixton’s Angell Town estate have objected to plans to open a convenience store there that would sell alcohol from...
CRIME
Church members parade through Brixton over gun and knife crime
Led by their inspiring drum corps, the congregation and supporters of Brixton’s Seventh Day Adventist church took to the streets at the weekend to...
SCHOOLS & EDUCATION
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