Lewisham Labour

Mayor Brenda Dacres appoints Councillor Olaru-Holmes to Cabinet

Mayor Brenda Dacres appoints Councillor Olaru-Holmes to Cabinet - Lewisham Labour Party Labour Councillor Oana Olaru-Holmes has been appointed as the Cabinet Member for Safer Lewisham, Refugees and Equalities by Mayor Brenda Dacres, who announced the appointment on Wednesday 17th July at a meeting of Full Council. Councillor Olaru-Holmes represents Downham ward and was previously Cabin...

At tonight's Full Council:

Earlier I had a fantastic time at talking to local residents as well as bumping into some Lewisham Labour members!

It was a brilliant event and well done to the organisers for putting this on for the local community 👏

Labour will take action to protect renters.

Lewisham families are paying the price for 14 years of Tory failure.

Labour will turn the page on the cost of living crisis.

Food parcel demand up 94% - Lewisham Labour response - Lewisham Labour Party Responding to new statistics from the Trussell Trust, which reveal food banks in the Trust’s network distributed a staggering 162,418 food parcels across London over the last year – part of 3.1 million across the country, up 94% over the last five years. Lewisham Labour’s Cabinet Member for Fi...

Lewisham Labour have been fighting for residents at tonight's Full Council meeting:

✅Champining Care Experienced People
✅Opposing Cruel Tory Immigration Rule Changes
✅Passing Pay Policy Statement with Reduced Gender Pay Gap

Lewisham can’t afford five more years of Conservative government.
It’s time for change – and Labour has a plan to get Lewisham’s future back.

Lewisham Families £870 worse off under Sunak’s tax plan – £108m from local economy - Lewisham Labour Party New analysis from Lewisham Labour reveals the staggering impact of Rishi Sunak’s tax hikes on families in Lewisham. Following the budget, the average household is set to be £870 worse off – a staggering £108m from the Lewisham economy. The budget confirms that the UK has the highest tax burden...

Happy International Women's Day!

Lewisham Labour is committed to fighting for equality & is grateful for the incredible contributions women Labour members, councillors and residents make to our borough.

Congratulations Brenda Dacres on being elected Labour Mayor of Lewisham, with a massive 51.5% of the vote.🌹

A fantastic team of Labour volunteers were out tonight in getting the Labour vote out amongst residents.

On Thursday, the 7th of March you can vote for as your new Labour Mayor of Lewisham.

Thank you Damien Egan for serving Lewisham with distinction as Mayor for the last decade

‘Lewisham Labour congratulate Damien Egan on his Parliamentary Selection and Prepare for Mayoral By-Election’ 👍🌹

Lewisham Labour congratulate Damien Egan on his Parliamentary Selection and Prepare for Mayoral By-Election - Lewisham Labour Party Damien Egan, who served Lewisham with distinction for a decade, stepped down as Mayor with immediate effect following his selection for the Kingwood parliamentary by-election.

Last week Deputy Mayor Brenda Dacres visited Mais House with the City of London to see work begin on 110 new social homes. 🏠

This is a 100% social housing project and will make a real difference for families locally.

Hundreds of Londoners to benefit from new City Corporation affordable homes in Lewisham. A ‘spade in the ground’ event has marked the start of a City of London Corporation project to build 110 new social homes in the London Borough of Lewisham.The project also includes a community room, an estate office, an amenity and play space for families, and a range of landscaping and ecologic...

Lewisham's new Landlord Licensing Scheme will cover 20,000 homes right across the borough providing vital protections for private renters. 🏠

Read more about the plans below 👇

https://www.eastlondonlines.co.uk/2023/12/new-housing-scheme-protects-lewisham-tenants-against-bad-landlords/

We are investing £3m into improving the eastern side of Beckenham Place Park! This will:

✅boost bio-diversity
✅provide new play equipment
✅protect homes from flooding

Since investing in the western side of the park there are now more than 1.2 million visitors every year.

www.eastlondonlines.co.uk

Lewisham Labour will continue to stand up for private renters and their rights.

Our new licensing scheme will help protect renters right across the borough and allow us to tackle rogue landlords. 🏠

Lewisham landlords will need new licence in scheme to improve housing standards The new scheme will cover an extra 20,000 properties in the borough.

In the Autumn Statement Jeremy Hunt decided to cut the Household Support Fund.

We have used this funding in Lewisham to provide meals for children and to help families heat their homes. Read our response to this stealth Tory cut below 👇

https://londonnewsonline.co.uk/labour-slam-chancellors-stealth-fund-cut-as-lewisham-households-set-to-lose-13m-in-support/

🌹LEWISHAM LABOUR was out in force across Downham, Bellingham and Catford today

📆 We go out all year round, listening to residents, dealing with casework and putting the case forward as to why Lewisham is better off when led by a Labour Government and Council

…We shall remember them…

Lewisham’s Mayor Damien Egan, Members of Parliament, The Boroughs Deputy Lieutenant Steve Bullock, Baroness Doreen Lawrence, Lewisham’s Speaker & Councillors —came together to mark the service and sacrifice given for our freedoms today.

ICYMI: Lewisham Labour didn’t have a bad Thursday this week…

We are unashamedly proud of the hard work we put in locally to deliver for Lewisham, but always grateful for the support given back to us

Why not join us and do your bit too:
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🍾CELEBRATING the fantastic businesses that operate in

Mayor Egan & Cllr Powell hosted this year’s Mayor of Lewisham Business Awards

A pleasure celebrating small and independent Lewisham businesses residents really value♥️ which make us London’s Small Business Borough

Cllr Will Cooper has written about his experiences of the Tory Housing Crisis and why it is only Labour that can solve the crisis. 🏠

"After four years of dither and delay it is clear that only Labour will offer private renters the security they need." Read below 👇

Private Renters are Being Betrayed by the Tories - Lewisham Labour Party 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. The landlord was acting enti...

🌹Great day out on the Deptford Doorsteps for Dawn 🌹

🌹 The Labour Party in power in national Government will be focussed on these five key mission to make life better for you and your family.

Last year we supported 500 local people to find work through our jobs and skills programme.

We have now announced over £3.5m of funding to help more people into work and to provide affordable work spaces across Lewisham. All part of our plan to create a stronger local economy.

Congratulations to Will Cooper our new Cabinet Member for Housing Management and Homelessness! 🏘️

Thank you to outgoing cabinet members André Bourne and Sophie Davis for all their hard work. From securing the London Borough of Culture to overseeing the insourcing of Lewisham Homes they have both made a huge contribution to our borough in their roles.

Read more here: https://www.lewishamlabour.com/cllr-will-cooper-to-join-the-cabinet/

Thanks to funding from Sadiq Khan and Lewisham Council over 20,000 primary school children will receive a free school meal this year. 🍲

Under Labour we are saving families money, whilst tackling food poverty. 🌹

From Lewisham Labour, Eid Mubarak to everyone celebrating in Lewisham today.

🍾£36,000 Fundraised for a great Lewisham Charity

Over the last year Lewisham Council has collectively raised £36,000 for the Mayor of Lewisham ’s Charity of the year 22/23 The Project

📣NEW MAYORS CHARITY📣

As the worsens Mayor of Lewisham asked to be his next charity of the year

Since 2010 there has been exponential growth in food banks, we as a Labour Council will do all we can to protect Lewisham families, and this is just another we can help fight for .