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Liberal Democrats Demand Action as Southwark Phone Theft Reaches Record High

Win for Residents and Businesses as Full Lower Road Redesign Announced

Following a campaign from the Liberal Democrats, residents and businesses who have been enduring “traffic chaos” around Lower Road are now being offered a consultation on a major redesign, incorporating Liberal Democrat ideas.

15,000 Southwark Households to Lose Welfare Payments Under “Cruel” Labour Government Reforms

New research has revealed the devastating local impact of Labour’s proposed welfare cuts - with more than 15,000 Southwark households set to lose support, totalling £33 million stripped from residents receiving disability related welfare payments

Council Failing to Meet Targets for More than Half of Leaks From Above in Council Homes 

Southwark Council is failing to fix leaks from above – where water leaks into a flat caused by a problem in the property above – within its target timetable in over half of incidents, an FOI from the Liberal Democrats has revealed.  

Liberal Democrats Fight to Save Canada Water Police Hub

Canada Water, Rotherhithe and Surrey Quays could lose their dedicated police base, after Labour have failed at every level of government to secure a new location for neighbourhood officers.

New Housing Allocations Policy is “Rearranging Deckchairs on the Titanic”

Southwark Liberal Democrats have responded to the new allocations scheme for social housing, bringing constructive proposals to ensure that the process is fairer and more transparent, but branded the exercise as “rearranging deckchairs on the Titanic”