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LAMBETH COUNCIL BAN THE BEEB!!! Lambeth council banned BBC TV cameras from the Cressingham estate at Tulse Hill prior to yesterday’s broadcast of the ‘Sunday Politics’ programme. The BBC were there to film an item on the Lambeth Peoples Audit report which found the c

FANCY LOOKING AT YOUR COUNCIL’S BOOKS? If you want to follow in the footsteps of Lambeth Peoples Audit and look at your council’s books, here are the official details for the five boroughs which sit in or around Crystal Palace: BROMLEY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant

AUDITING YOUR COUNCIL’S ACCOUNTS – A QUICK GUIDE Q: What can I inspect? A: You can inspect your authority’s accounts, any related documents, and, if a local elector, any report the auditor made in that financial year. The law says you may inspect the accounts to be audited

UPPER NORWOOD LIBRARY RE-OPENS TOMORROW!!!! The Upper Norwood Library Hub re-opens to the public at 10 am tomorrow (Saturday 15th July) having undergone a major refurbishment.   At an event in the library on Westow Hill this evening Laura Wright, who chairs the library trustees, told

PEOPLES AUDIT LAMBETH ON SUNDAY POLITICS SHOW Peoples Audit Lambeth are featuring on the Sunday Politics show this weekend – BBC1 at 11am. Their revelations of financial mismanagement within Lambeth council and the wasting of millions of pounds of taxpayers money have prompted a

£700,000 GRANT TO HELP HISTORIC GREAT NORTH WOOD (Teddy bear picnics welcome) As part of the Living Landscapes initiative, the London Wildlife Trust has been awarded a grant of nearly £700,000 from Heritage Lottery Fund to revive the Great North Wood. Throughout the Middle Ages, acros

RAIN GARDENS BEING CREATED ALONG RIVER EFFRA’S COURSE TO REDUCE FLOODING RISK (Or: Of river beds and flower beds) Since 2014 London Wildlife Trust has been creating rain gardens along the  course of the lost River Effra – reducing the risk of flooding. Rain gardens are free-drai

DULWICH TO HOST FIRST UK RETROSPECTIVE OF MOOMINS CREATOR TOVE JANSSON Dulwich Picture Gallery will present the first major UK retrospective of work by one of the most celebrated illustrators of the 20th century, Tove Jansson (1914-2001). Known internationally as creator of the Moomin

Bonnington Square in Vauxhall UNLOCK SECRET LAMBETH The Sustainable Travel Team at Lambeth council have been putting together another walk around the borough and have added it to the Secret Lambeth booklet just in time to give them away at the Lambeth Country Show this weekend (15 – 1

  BOUQUETS FOR THE FOOD MARKET Saturday 15 July: Food market Tuesday 18 July: Crystal Palace Transition Town’s annual celebration Veg, fruit, meat, fish, eggs, smokery, cheese, charcuterie, wine, olive oil, olives, vegan, butter, raw milk, bread, store cupboard refills (her

LAMBETH PEOPLES AUDIT -101 QUESTIONS FOR LAMBETH COUNCIL’S CABINET – Part One QUESTION 6 : WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO THIS QUITE FRANKLY DAMNING INDICTMENT? On Friday Lambeth Peoples Audit issued a damning report on Lambeth council which found evidence of extensive financial

LAMBETH PEOPLES AUDIT -101 QUESTIONS FOR LAMBETH COUNCIL’S CABINET – Part Two QUESTION 34: HOW CAN YOU SAY YOU HAVE NO MONEY FOR HOUSING REPAIRS AND THEN TAKE £1 MILLION OUT OF THE HOUSING REVENUE ACCOUNT TO FUND YOUR NEW TOWN HALL? Questions 26 to 53 5.1 NEW TOWN HALL COS

LAMBETH PEOPLES AUDIT -101 QUESTIONS FOR LAMBETH COUNCIL’S CABINET – Part Three QUESTION 89: DO YOU REALLY EXPECT ANYONE TO BELIEVE THAT? Questions 54 to 90 7.2 CONTRACT MANAGEMENT The Peoples Audit report says “We also saw examples of tenders where it is quite clear

LAMBETH PEOPLES AUDIT -101 QUESTIONS FOR LAMBETH COUNCIL’S CABINET- Part Four QUESTION 99:  AND WHY DON’T LAMBETH START HAVING GENUINE, MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT WITH CITIZENS LIVING IN  THE BOROUGH? Questions 91  to  101 15 CONCLUSION The Peoples Audit report says “Usin

LAMBETHWATCH – A TALE OF TWO MONEY TREES At full meetings of Lambeth council, councillors in the ruling party can ask questions of the opposition leader. These questions are usually a thinly-disguised attack on the Conservative government. One of the questions at next Wednesday&