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Lewisham’s Labour-run council has this week been recognised by City of Sanctuary as the first formal 'borough of sanctuary' – a true partnership between the council, the voluntary sector and our communities. We have achieved this by putting…
The racial bias in the UK’s drug laws cannot be ignored and has only become worse with Covid-19. Figures from the Ministry of Justice show that in 2018-19 one in five of those found guilty of cannabis possession in England and Wales were…
The UK is the sixth richest country in the world but, after almost a decade of government austerity, millions of people are struggling to feed themselves and their families. This is a scandal that shames our government every day, especially…
Bringing council services in-house, giving 50 agency staff permanent contracts, securing £37m to deliver 384 new council homes, identifying 28 new sites for social housing, publishing our first annual Modern Slavery statement. These are…
Today we welcomed local school children in Lewisham to mark Commonwealth Day. Councils across the UK and Commonwealth will no doubt have held similar events. It’s always special to welcome our young people to the Town Hall, but we should be…
The Prime Minister claims that austerity is over. But that's hard to believe with one in five people in the UK living in poverty - and over half of them from working households. The reality is that too many people do not earn enough to live…
Lewisham is a special place. Like much of London we’re a vibrant, mixed community. In Lewisham, people from all backgrounds live together, shop together, we even demonstrated to save our local hospital together. But the Tories’ Housing and…
