Southwark Labour MP Neil Coyle’s claim that the government’s local government settlement leaves Southwark with a “£38 million boost” has been exposed as misleading at a meeting of the council’s Overview and Scrutiny Committee last night (7th January).
New reports seen by the Southwark Liberal Democrats show that Thaxted Court and Damory House on the Abbeyfield Estate have severe structural weaknesses and “concrete cancer”.
The Labour Government yesterday confirmed the results of its so-called “fair funding” review – which was set to impose swingeing cuts to local government funding in London.
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