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Lambeth Labour are on course to meet their manifesto commitment of reducing the remaining shortage of secondary school places after opening consultation on a new multi-million pound Academy for Lambeth. The new £18 million purpose built school, sponsored by the leading...

The three Labour leaders of Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark Councils have issued a joint statement laying out their opposition to the huge cuts for local councils announced today by the Coalition Government. As part of the settlement for local government the Secretary of State for...

Lambeth Council leader Steve Reed has called on local Lib Dems and Tories to support proposed rules to tackle human trafficking across Europe.  The coalition government has dismayed campaigners by refusing to sign up to the new rules, but Labour hopes a cross-party...

Labour Cabinet Member for Housing, Lib Peck today called on the Government to commit to funding Decent Homes in Lambeth. Lambeth Leaders wrote to Housing Minister Grant Shapps in June urging him to commit to funding for decent homes but he has yet to respond. Lambeth Council is campaigning for...

Labour councillors Ruth Ling, Marcia Cameron and Adedamola Aminu have slammed the recent admission by Tory Education secretary Michael Gove that he is cutting more than £200 million in Lambeth schools funding, just days before contracts were due to be agreed and building work was to...

Labour candidate Ruth Ling claimed victory in the Tulse Hill by election which was held yesterday on the 1st July 2010. After a hard and well fought campaign by Ruth Ling and the Lambeth Labour Party which included guest appearances from Blur drummer Dave Rowntree and former Mayor of London Ken...

Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham are building on plans announced before the election to work together to cut costs and protect frontline services. Partnership working between the three boroughs has taken on a new urgency in light of the unprecedented cuts from the Tory/Lib Dem Government...

When it comes to Lib Dem broken promises, sadly it seems we're all in this together. During the election, Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg attacked Tory secret plans to increase VAT. Two months later, he’s supported the Tories’ 20 per cent VAT bombshell. The unfair Tory budget wouldn’t...

Streatham’s newly elected MP – whose patch includes Brixton and Tulse Hill – has backed Ruth Ling to be our new councillor. MP Chuka Umunna said: “Ruth is a tireless campaigner who will work hard for local people. “She’s got the experience to make a real difference for...

A local political commentator who often supports the Lib Dems has called their Tulse Hill by-election campaign "vile and disgusting". The blogger wrote on his popular website:"Lambeth Lib Dems have confused the possibility for political debate with a vile and disgusting mud slinging...

The new Lib Dem-Tory coalition government has admitted their savage funding cuts will hit inner-city areas hardest. That means Brixton and Tulse Hill will get MORE cuts than better-off areas leaving local people to suffer the most. Lib Dem-Tory Government Minister Bob Neill said, “Those in...

The former MP and candidate for Mayor of London, Oona King joined local Labour activists in Tulse Hill campaigning to get Ruth Ling elected as their new councillor. Here are some pictures of Oona, Ruth and the team talking to local residents about why they're backing Labour to protect...

Darren Johnson, the London Assembly Member for the Green Party has compiled a new league table that highlights many of the environmental challenges faced by London’s new borough leaders. Lambeth is rated second in London for its excellent progress in reducing CO2, improving recycling rates and...

When residents of the Tulse Hill estate answered a knock on their door on Tuesday evening, they were surprised to find Ken Livingstone standing on their doorstep. The former Mayor of London was visiting the estate where he grew up so as to introduce Ruth Ling, the Labour candidate in the Tulse...

Since being chosen on 29 May as Labour's candidate in the Tulse Hill by-election, Ruth Ling has been busy out and about in the local community:Sunday 30 May – walkabout throughout the ward with Councillor Jackie Meldrum, deputy leader of the Council, including streets and the High...

It’s not every day that you pop down to the shops and find one of the stars of Britpop there. But that’s what happened when residents went to the shopping parade in Upper Tulse Hill on Saturday 5 June, and found themselves chatting to Blur drummer Dave Rowntree. Dave was there with members...

Local Labour party members met last weekend to choose their candidate for the upcoming byelection, Ruth Ling.Ruth is an experienced community activist to be the Labour candidate in Tulse Hill. She brings 16 years of knowledge of how Lambeth council works, having been a councillor in a ward just...

Lambeth’s Lib Dems are facing a massive backlash after they betrayed local people. They put Tories in government then backed Tory plans to rip apart public services with "savage cuts". Some local people backed the Lib Dems because they promised to keep the Tories out. Now every one of those...

Labour’s joining forces with local people to stop Lib Dem and Tory plans to savage local services in Tulse Hill.Labour is campaigning to save funding earmarked to upgrade crumbling council homes and build the new secondary and primary school places local children need. The following could be...

Councillor Ade AminuAdemola (Ade) Aminu lives in Brixton Hill. He is a full time lecturer teaching Business in a Further Education College in South West London. He is a school governor at Sudbourne Primary School and Lambeth Academy and Deputy Cabinet Member for Younger People. Ade is President...

The population of Tulse Hill Ward rose from 11,882 in 1991 to 13,119 in 2001, an increase of 10.4%. This is 4.9% of the borough population. Tulse Hill has an area of 103.1 hectares (3.8% of the borough).Tulse Hill had a small percentage increase in Black people between 1991 and 2001 compared to...

Some achievements by your Labour Tulse Hill Team- Supported residents by lobbying lead members for the barrier in Josephine Avenue- Campaigned with Val Shawcross for an extra bus route to 415- Campaigned with residents of Tudor Close to stop housing development- Campaigned for Urban Arts fair for...

Councillor's Advice Surgeries:Surgery details for Tulse Hill Ward are as follows:1st Friday of the month (not August)7 - 7.45pm at St. Matthews Tenants Hall , St. Matthews Road SW2 view mapEvery 2nd Wednesday of the month (not August)6 - 6.45pm at St. Martins Library, Tulse Hill SW2 view map