Robert Firth

A Labour London borough with a pledge to create 11,000 council homes by 2043 has defended its building record after data uncovered by the Liberal Democrat opposition showed it failed to start work on a single council home last year. https://t.co/x2qlxDOqwj

Teachers at a South London primary school due to shut down are in a 'lose-lose situation' after the council pushed forward the closure date by a year, a staff member has claimed. https://t.co/YEQgNKedSN

Lambeth Council's new five-year homelessness strategy admits ‘the need to source TA [temporary accommodation] in more affordable locations, including outside of London’. https://t.co/BRhpN20keN

Why do media companies think £30k per year is reasonable remuneration for reporting roles requiring you to live in London. This industry is the pits.

A South London road where traffic is so bad houses shake and crack now has even more buses running down it. Timetable changes mean the 284 between Grove Park Cemetery and Lewisham station will pass down Sandhurst Road in Hither Green more often. https://t.co/Hbsyq3ZgVa

A former South London court will be turned into a 15-storey hotel where most of the rooms don’t have windows. https://t.co/AqN3UEqaVv

Cars could be banned from Deptford High Street for up to eight hours per day under Lewisham Council plans. A stretch of the popular shopping street between New Cross Road and Hamilton Street would be closed to vehicles under the proposed changes. https://t.co/yjuzQ9zS3K

Squatters have reportedly moved into a South London cinema which closed suddenly six months ago. The intruders are believed to have taken over the former Catford Mews building in Catford town centre around a fortnight ago. https://t.co/tcSFntoxrv

Over 70 per cent of council homes lack an up-to-date electrical safety certificate in Southwark. Council leader Kieron Williams admitted Southwark should have previously focused more on improving the quality of council homes at a meeting on Monday. https://t.co/63WkEzkOeF

RT @DavidAJComeau: As part of our new Broken Homes campaign, we're looking at how Londoners are being displaced, sometimes hundreds of mile…

RT @AscendedYield: We are going to deindustrialise your town and condemn to you mass unemployment but we will give you some mental health s…

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The controversial Borough Triangle development, which covers an area the size of one and a half football pitches, was narrowly approved by councillors at a Southwark planning meeting on Wednesday evening. https://t.co/QKZi6z5M78

Labour’s @Jim4Dartford has stepped down as councillor for Herne Hill and Loughborough Junction ward in Lambeth. A by-election will be held to select his successor in Herne Hill and Loughborough Junction on May 1. https://t.co/aE9QMYKPLf

. @Nigel_Farage's old school is getting a refurb: https://t.co/or6rbEYaFu

The Borough Triangle development in Elephant and Castle will go before Southwark Council’s planning committee this evening. I spoke to residents and traders about what they made of the controversial plans, which include a 44-storey skyscraper. https://t.co/9ovO4MagAh

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