James McAsh
jamesmcash.bsky.social
James McAsh
@jamesmcash.bsky.social
Southwark Labour Cllr and Cabinet Member for Clean Air, Streets and Waste

Primary school teacher & Lambeth NEU. Personal capacity. Socialist. 🪿🟩
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ICYMI: Yesterday, I released this fascinating conversation with Cllr @jamesmcash.bsky.social about the Streets For People program, a series of low-traffic neighborhood and safer streets initiatives that London's Borough of Southwark has implemented.
www.activetowns.org/2025/04/01/s...
Streets For People
EPISODE 291, SEASON 9: In this episode, I connect with Cllr James McAsh, London's Southwark Borough We discuss the background story that led him into politics, his transition into land use and trans...
www.activetowns.org
April 3, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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We're stepping up action on graffiti and flyposting across our town centres with new dedicated ‘blitz’ teams targeting hotspots in Peckham, Camberwell, and Elephant and Castle.

Cllr @jamesmcash.bsky.social visited Camberwell to see the clean-up in action.

www.southwark.gov.uk/news/2025/so...
April 16, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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A survey of councils, collectively managing over 870,000 council homes, has shown that council housing finances are on the brink. The government's upcoming housing strategy needs to #SaveCouncilHousing

See the full results and our recommendations
southwark.gov.uk/news/2025/tw...
January 20, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Turns out, for 15 years, Southwark had a secret shortcut to Malibu and Laurel Canyon! 🚗✈️

Why we didn't pick up on the misdirected sign for over a decade?

Well, as I joked to @metrouk.bsky.social : 'You’d be forgiven for confusing Rotherhithe with California...' 🌴
November 25, 2024 at 12:00 PM