Lambeth

Lambeth Adults’ and Community Services are running a Lambeth Libraries consultation and want to find out about your views on the future of our libraries. ...read more

On Monday evening Lambeth Labour's cabinet officers heard the recommendations of their Libraries Commission. They also heard the views of Lib-Dem Jeremy Clyne and of various 'Friends of…' groups and their concerns over the 'Community Hub' plans.    

Here is a small podcast covering the report and the Council's decision.  ...read more

News just in.   The Streatham Hub is not on the published agenda for next Monday’s meeting of Lambeth’s Cabinet. Thanks to some sterling detective work by Streatham Ice Skating Action Group, we now have the following:

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This is just a brief post to thank every one of the 200 people who came out to tonight’s meeting on a bitterly cold night.  They included a lot of ice rink users of all ages, and I hope they haven’t been put off coming again! 

The absence of Tescos made it a particularly frustrating evening, with Lambeth Councillors and Officers still citing commercial confidentiality, despite previous hopes that a deal would have been announced before Christmas.   

We’ll try and put up some fuller notes as soon as possible. ...read more

So Council officers and Tesco came to Streatham to report on the Hub status. Streatham Action hosted a public meeting at the Streatham Business Centre and both sides presented the side of things they wanted us to hear, and were asked questions. We will be uploading a redux of the minutes taken (there were pages and pages) as soon as a copy is available, but in the meantime, what did we learn? ...read more