Jeremy Hunt Cuts £13m of Cost of Living Support

06 Dec 2023

REVEALED – Major cuts to cost of living support to Lewisham families in Autumn Statement as taxes continue to soar The Household Support Fund is an £842m fund to help families with food and energy costs. As the cost of living crisis deepens, driven no small part by the largest…

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Private Renters are Being Betrayed by the Tories

26 Oct 2023

Last month my partner, flatmate and I were given two months to leave the place we had happily called home for the last three years. It was unceremonious, frustrating, and above all upsetting to be told at such short notice we had to leave and find somewhere else to live.…

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Cllr Will Cooper to join the cabinet

28 Sep 2023

Mayor Damien Egan announced last night (27.09.2023) at Full Council that Cllr Will Cooper would be joining the Cabinet taking up the role as the Cabinet Member for Housing Management and Homelessness. Cllr Cooper is taking over from Cllr Sophie Davis who  has decided to step down from the cabinet…

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7,600 Lewisham Households Face £2,300 Tory Mortgage Penalty

27 Jun 2023

New analysis, based on research by the Resolution Foundation, reveals that a staggering 7,680 households in Lewisham face a £2,300 Tory mortgage penalty this year thanks to soaring interest rates. After the Conservatives crashed the economy, interest rates have soared, leaving homeowners facing huge rises in their repayments when they…

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100 Refugee Families Resettled

27 Jun 2023

Lewisham Labour is proud to announce that Lewisham Council has met its target of resettling 100 refugee families from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. To celebrate this Lewisham Council and the Refugee Council hosted a celebration in Mountsfield Park during Refugee Week.

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New 100% Affordable Housing Development

22 Jun 2023

This week Mayor Damien Egan visited a new council housing development in Deptford. The scheme was 100% affordable and was made up of a mixture of flats available for families both on the social housing waiting list and those who are looking to get onto the housing ladder. With 56…

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Family food bills across Lewisham rocket by £87 million

30 May 2023

The average family in Lewisham has seen the price of the weekly food shop rise by a staggering £700 per year – as new figures from Lewisham Labour reveals a total hit to local families of £87 million.  

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Labour pledges thousands more GPs as almost 3 million patients see their GP practice close

09 May 2023

Millions of patients in England are forced to find a new doctor, as hundreds of GP practices close every year. In Southeast London alone, nearly 36,000 people have been forced to find a new GP. Freedom of Information responses from NHS bodies reveal that 2.8 million patients have seen their…

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Labour’s Council Tax Freeze would put nearly £9 million back in pockets of Lewisham families

12 Apr 2023

New analysis from Lewisham Labour reveals a Labour government Council Tax Freeze would save households in Lewisham more than £8,930,000 this year. The average Lewisham household would save £72. Keir Starmer launched Labour’s local election campaign by announcing that a Labour Government would cancel this year’s council tax hike –…

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61,000 Waiting at Lewisham Trust as NHS Waiting lists hit new record highs

11 Nov 2022

New figures published today reveal 61,063 patients are now waiting for care at Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust – as a record-breaking 7,071,829 across England are now stuck on NHS waiting lists.  Responding to the figures, Paul Bell, Lewisham Labour’s Cabinet Member for Health and Adult Social Care, said, “After 12…

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Cllr de Ryk responds to the Cost of Living Crisis

29 Sep 2022

Cllr Amanda de Ryk, Cabinet Member for Finance and Strategy, at Lewisham Council’s Full Council meeting on 28 September 2022 announced Lewisham Labour’s initial plans to respond to the Cost of Living Crisis. She said, “Inflation is at a 40 year high and the country is facing a cost of…

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Lewisham fights back against Government housing association sell-off

22 Jul 2022

Lewisham Council has passed a motion which opposing the Government’s plans to extend the Right to Buy program to housing association tenants. The motion, proposed by Cllr Will Cooper and seconded by Cllr Rosie Parry, outlines the Council’s opposition to the Government’s proposals, which threaten to increase housing waiting lists…

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Lewisham Labour push forward with plans to improve air quality and housing conditions

07 Jul 2022

Lewisham’s Mayor & Cabinet have approved the Lewisham Air Quality Action Plan and a consultation with Lewisham Homes residents on the future of the housing provider, both key pledges from the 2022 Lewisham Labour manifesto. The Lewisham Air Quality Action Plan will help tackle toxic air by introducing new targets…

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BACKLOG BRITAIN: Record 6.5m on NHS waiting lists including 61,800 at Lewisham & Greenwich Trust

27 Jun 2022

New figures published by NHS England reveal a record 6.5m people are stuck on hospital waiting lists, with 61,800 waiting for treatment at Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust. At the outbreak of the Covid pandemic, following a decade of Tory mismanagement there were already 4.4 million people on the NHS waiting list in…

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Real wages in Lewisham tumble £800 in 12 months

21 Jun 2022

New figures ONS reveal that real wages (excluding bonuses) are falling at their fastest rate in a decade. New analysis published by Lewisham Labour shows that the average worker in Lewisham has suffered a reduction of £800 in the last 12 months. Labour has a plan to tackle the cost-of-living…

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Labour Victory in Lewisham

09 May 2022

It was a landslide victory for Labour in Lewisham with Damien Egan decisively re-elected as the Mayor of Lewisham with a record 58% of the vote and Labour returning 54 councillors. Mayor Egan thanked the voters for putting their trust in him and Labour once again and that he would…

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Taking Lewisham Forward Together – Manifesto Launch

27 Apr 2022

Lewisham’s Labour Party have launched their 2022 manifesto – Taking Lewisham Forward Together – for the upcoming local elections. The 2022 manifesto was developed in consultation with hundreds of local residents, community groups, and local Labour Party members. Taking Lewisham Forward Together has a bold and ambitious vision for Lewisham…

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REVEALED: Families in Lewisham face £35,900,000 Conservative tax hike, equal to £338 per Lewisham worker

25 Feb 2022

New figures released by Lewisham Labour reveal that families in Lewisham are facing a £35,900,000 NICs hike thanks to the latest Tory tax rise. Under the Conservative’s plans to raise National Insurance this April, the average worker in Lewisham will pay an extra £338 in NICs alone. The increase pushes…

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Lewisham Labour gives Mountsfield Park eco café the green light

17 Feb 2022

Lewisham’s Labour Mayor and Cabinet have approved the contract for the building and operation of a new eco café in Mountsfield Park. The café, which is due to open later this year, will also include a new community space and accessible toilets to the park which links Hither Green to…

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Lewisham Labour crack down on empty homes

31 Jan 2022

Lewisham’s Labour Council are introducing a new ‘empty homes’ premium to bring more homes in the borough back into use. The premium, unanimously voted through at Lewisham’s Full Council meeting on the 19th January, means council tax bills for owners of empty homes will be up to 4x higher than…

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