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Our Track Record of Being On Your Side in Lambeth
OPPORTUNITES
for young people
With Labour leadership Lambeth is creating more opportunities for young people to get the best start in life.
We’ve kept Children’s Centres open, supported local schools to expand and helped create over 4,000 apprenticeships.
TACKLING
the climate crisis
With Labour leadership Lambeth was the first London borough to declare a Climate Emergency.
We’re retrofitting council buildings, supporting renewable energy and promoting sustainable transport.
BUILDING
new homes
With Labour leadership Lambeth is building a new generation of council homes.
Families have already moved from hostels into our new council homes, with hundreds more homes on the way.
CREATING
a safer Lambeth for all
With Labour leadership we’re working with the Mayor of London to improve policing in Lambeth.
We’ve protected services to help prevent violence against women and girls and are working with our local community to make the streets safer for all.
SUPPORT
during the pandemic
Petitions
👉 Help us stop the cuts to Lambeth's last Police Station🚨
The Metropolitan Police are planning to reduce the opening hours of Brixton Police Station’s front counter. Under the proposals, the counter would remain open on extended hours, but no longer 24/7.
This means our closest 24/7 stations will be Lewisham and Charing Cross.
A 24/7 front counter is vital for keeping our borough safe, particularly in one of London’s busiest town centres. This decision affects the whole borough, it is our last remaining police station and serves multiple busy town centres and venues across the borough.
We are calling for a serious rethink of this decision and need your support to increase our voice. Sign the petition in the comments below and have your say.
Stop the Cut to Brixton Police Station’s 24/7 Front Counter
Lambeth Labour opposes the Metropolitan Police’s plans to reduce the opening hours of Brixton Police Station’s front counter. Under the proposals, the counter would remain open on extended hours, but no longer 24/7.
Brixton Police Station is Lambeth’s last remaining police station. A 24/7 front counter is vital for keeping our borough safe, particularly in one of London’s busiest town centres, especially with growing evening and night-time activity like we saw over the summer with the Mayor’s Summer Streets fund in Brixton.
Keeping residents safe is a top priority for Lambeth Labour, and at a time where we’re seeing real progress in tackling crime, with falls in violent crime, robbery, gun crime across Lambeth, alongside securing 28 police extra officers for Brixton, this decision sends the wrong message.
A 24/7 front counter is vital for residents’ safety, especially for older residents, vulnerable residents and victims of crime who rely on face-to-face support. We know the impact of austerity from the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats have had a huge impact on staffing and services, however, this decision was taken without proper consultation with residents, the council or local stakeholders.
We have written to the Deputy Mayor for Policing and are calling on the Metropolitan Police to reconsider and keep the front counter of Brixton Police Station open 24/7.
👉 Sign the petition in the comments below
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Sign the petition here: www.lambeth-labour.org.uk/petition/stop-the-cut-to-brixton-police-stations-24-7-front-counter/
Voltaire Road transformed for residents and businesses in Clapham ☕🌳📍
We were delighted to celebrate the launch of the newly pedestrianised Voltaire Road, a place for everyone in our community, including some of Clapham’s thriving LGBT+ venues!
This transformation gives local businesses more space to trade and grow, while creating safer, more accessible and enjoyable public spaces for residents to meet, relax and spend time together.
By swapping traffic for people, we now have a new community space for pop-up markets, live music, arts and crafts, independent traders and pop-up events.
Well done to This is Clapham, working in partnership with local businesses and Lambeth Council.
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Steve Reed is a wolf in sheeps clothing. He is a zionist Fascist who we understand reported 2 small children to the Police because the school they attended had a cultural day and the children brought in 2 biscuits with the Palestinian flag iced on top. he also supports the genocide of the Palestinans who are actually a semitic race. This also makes him an antisemite.
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Have your say here: www.lambeth-labour.org.uk/petition/stop-the-cut-to-brixton-police-stations-24-7-front-counter/
Perhaps Lambeth Labour could speak to the Labour Mayor of London seeing as he closed many in London....to keep this one open and open others? Seeing as we have been promised police on streets they'll need a base. Just an idea.
For Gods sake , we need every closed Police Station re opened not close more. The Front desk at Brixton should be manned 24/7