Tag: Lambeth Council
OPINION: Enough of the trash talk – more group hugs
Twitterer and Brixton resident, Clare Richardson, gives her view on the new recycling rules
This morning I got the ‘CHANGES TO YOUR RECYCLING AND REFUSE...
More videos from the anti cuts demo last night
One protestor's view of the public spending cuts in Lambeth
Videos by Kaye Wiggins
Photos from tonight’s anti-cuts demo, Brixton Town Hall
Photos: Kaye Wiggins
And a short video to give a taste of the protest (taken by Zoe Jewell):
A snapshot of Brixton’s library protest
Kaye Wiggins reports from Saturday's protest against cuts to library services
Abibat Olulode, who works at Brixton library, and Anna Tomlinson, from the library in...
Revolutionary Brixton
Lots of protesting to be done in Brixton in the coming weeks - mostly organised by Lambeth Save our Services and UK Uncut. Please add...
Lambeth By Numbers
The stats from last night's Scrutiny Committee:
£24m
Amount the council says it will save in 2011/12 through “efficiency savings”
£13m
Amount the council will cut from frontline...
Lambeth Council Scrutiny Committee
Kaye Wiggins reports from last night's Overview and Scrutiny Committee at Lambeth Council - councillors, parent governors and church representatives meet to publicly hold Lambeth's decision-makers...
Brixton on the BBC
BBC World Service set up a radio discussion about Lambeth public service cuts at Rosie's Deli Cafe last week. Kaye Wiggins took part and...
‘The government has cut our money’…so how are we going to...
Kaye Wiggins reports from the public budget consultation at Lambeth Town Hall last night
At a noisy meeting in the town hall last night, Lambeth...
Haircuts and lager, courtesy of Lambeth
Guest blogger, Kaye Wiggins, finds a more concrete policy in Lambeth's cooperative council plans
You can picture the tabloid headlines already, can’t you? As part...
The Brixton Clubcard?
In the week of the first birthday of the Brixton Pound, we investigate a new idea for the local economy
Music, cake and even photo-calls...
Brixton – the ‘clone’ town
On the eve of Brixton Pound's first birthday, Brixton has become a 'clone town', according to a survey released today by the new economics foundation....
‘Lambeth Life’ – a co-operative council paper?
If you're going to turn the council co-operative, you may as well turn the paper that represents it co-operative too, right? Over at her...
Reporting from the town hall…
Guest blogger Kaye Wiggins, journalist for Third Sector magazine, reports from last night's co-operative council meeting
About 70 residents gathered in a warm, crowded room...
More co-op council
Lambeth council staff have been 'on the road' in the past few weeks, spreading the gospel of the co-operative council. In each part of...
The Co-op Council comes to you
Lambeth Council are going on a road trip this week - staff have been out and about in Lambeth talking to residents about what...