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Cllr de Ryk responds to the Cost of Living Crisis

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…

Lewisham kids having teeth pulled out in hospital as NHS dentistry crisis hits

165 children under 11 in Lewisham were admitted to hospital for tooth extraction last year, new government figures show. People are finding it increasingly difficult to get an NHS dentist, as 12 years of Tory mismanagement of the health service is seeing dentists quitting in droves. 2,000 dentists quit the NHS last…

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

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…