Southwark Labour
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Official account of the Southwark Labour Party
Southwark homeowners: we hear you.
We know you want to know exactly what it is you’re charged for in your Bills.
That’s why we have made Southwark the first council to give an online breakdown of your bills, as we continue our mission to make the council a good landlord.
We know you want to know exactly what it is you’re charged for in your Bills.
That’s why we have made Southwark the first council to give an online breakdown of your bills, as we continue our mission to make the council a good landlord.
October 13, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Southwark homeowners: we hear you.
We know you want to know exactly what it is you’re charged for in your Bills.
That’s why we have made Southwark the first council to give an online breakdown of your bills, as we continue our mission to make the council a good landlord.
We know you want to know exactly what it is you’re charged for in your Bills.
That’s why we have made Southwark the first council to give an online breakdown of your bills, as we continue our mission to make the council a good landlord.
Ending homelessness is central to what Southwark Labour stands for.
Which is why it’s brilliant news that on World Homelessness Day, the Labour Government is providing almost £1 million to help tackle homelessness in Southwark.
Which is why it’s brilliant news that on World Homelessness Day, the Labour Government is providing almost £1 million to help tackle homelessness in Southwark.
October 10, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Ending homelessness is central to what Southwark Labour stands for.
Which is why it’s brilliant news that on World Homelessness Day, the Labour Government is providing almost £1 million to help tackle homelessness in Southwark.
Which is why it’s brilliant news that on World Homelessness Day, the Labour Government is providing almost £1 million to help tackle homelessness in Southwark.
🚨Police teams in Walworth and Peckham are to be DOUBLED🚨
With town centre plans and action days this summer, Labour are making our streets safer.
With town centre plans and action days this summer, Labour are making our streets safer.
August 15, 2025 at 12:12 PM
🚨Police teams in Walworth and Peckham are to be DOUBLED🚨
With town centre plans and action days this summer, Labour are making our streets safer.
With town centre plans and action days this summer, Labour are making our streets safer.
Only Labour are serious about tackling crime in Peckham.
Your Labour councillors have worked with the Met to establish a new Town Centre Team - doubling the number of police officers in Peckham 🚔
Your Labour councillors have worked with the Met to establish a new Town Centre Team - doubling the number of police officers in Peckham 🚔
August 7, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Only Labour are serious about tackling crime in Peckham.
Your Labour councillors have worked with the Met to establish a new Town Centre Team - doubling the number of police officers in Peckham 🚔
Your Labour councillors have worked with the Met to establish a new Town Centre Team - doubling the number of police officers in Peckham 🚔
We welcome the Planning Committee’s decision to refuse the Aylesham application.
July 16, 2025 at 6:15 PM
We welcome the Planning Committee’s decision to refuse the Aylesham application.
Thanks to Labour’s planning policies, local councillors in London Bridge and West Bermondsey are investing £2.6 million in local infrastructure projects
From estates to parks to solar panels, we are delivering improvements hand in hand with our communities
From estates to parks to solar panels, we are delivering improvements hand in hand with our communities
July 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Thanks to Labour’s planning policies, local councillors in London Bridge and West Bermondsey are investing £2.6 million in local infrastructure projects
From estates to parks to solar panels, we are delivering improvements hand in hand with our communities
From estates to parks to solar panels, we are delivering improvements hand in hand with our communities
Labour is investing £39bn in the biggest boost to social and affordable housing in a generation.
June 13, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Labour is investing £39bn in the biggest boost to social and affordable housing in a generation.
We've campaigned for this, and this Labour government has listened.
June 11, 2025 at 9:56 AM
We've campaigned for this, and this Labour government has listened.
Happy Pride Month to our LGBTQ+ community in Southwark and beyond!
Yesterday Cabinet attended a ceremony to raise the pride flag above the council’s offices.
This year we have provided £32,000 of grants to make this summer a summer of pride in Southwark 🏳️🌈
Yesterday Cabinet attended a ceremony to raise the pride flag above the council’s offices.
This year we have provided £32,000 of grants to make this summer a summer of pride in Southwark 🏳️🌈
June 10, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Happy Pride Month to our LGBTQ+ community in Southwark and beyond!
Yesterday Cabinet attended a ceremony to raise the pride flag above the council’s offices.
This year we have provided £32,000 of grants to make this summer a summer of pride in Southwark 🏳️🌈
Yesterday Cabinet attended a ceremony to raise the pride flag above the council’s offices.
This year we have provided £32,000 of grants to make this summer a summer of pride in Southwark 🏳️🌈
We have been providing free healthy school meals in Southwark for over a decade
Tory and Lib Dem governments ignored us when we said that free school meals are a powerful tool to tackle poverty
Now Labour are delivering what they couldn’t: free school meals across the country
Tory and Lib Dem governments ignored us when we said that free school meals are a powerful tool to tackle poverty
Now Labour are delivering what they couldn’t: free school meals across the country
June 6, 2025 at 9:31 AM
We have been providing free healthy school meals in Southwark for over a decade
Tory and Lib Dem governments ignored us when we said that free school meals are a powerful tool to tackle poverty
Now Labour are delivering what they couldn’t: free school meals across the country
Tory and Lib Dem governments ignored us when we said that free school meals are a powerful tool to tackle poverty
Now Labour are delivering what they couldn’t: free school meals across the country
This week, Cllr Kieron Williams announced his resignation as Leader of Southwark Council and Southwark Labour.
Please see below for our full statement 👇
Please see below for our full statement 👇
June 4, 2025 at 3:23 PM
This week, Cllr Kieron Williams announced his resignation as Leader of Southwark Council and Southwark Labour.
Please see below for our full statement 👇
Please see below for our full statement 👇
“Southwark is a place full of hope, and it is full of amazing people, that create that hope.”
On Saturday we came together to celebrate everything our communities have achieved over the past year
Congratulations to all our residents who received an award 👏
On Saturday we came together to celebrate everything our communities have achieved over the past year
Congratulations to all our residents who received an award 👏
May 21, 2025 at 12:38 PM
“Southwark is a place full of hope, and it is full of amazing people, that create that hope.”
On Saturday we came together to celebrate everything our communities have achieved over the past year
Congratulations to all our residents who received an award 👏
On Saturday we came together to celebrate everything our communities have achieved over the past year
Congratulations to all our residents who received an award 👏
With our local health on the high street programme, waiting lists down and now GP surgeries being upgraded across our borough, Labour is bringing healthcare to the community and recovering our NHS 🩺
May 20, 2025 at 9:40 AM
With our local health on the high street programme, waiting lists down and now GP surgeries being upgraded across our borough, Labour is bringing healthcare to the community and recovering our NHS 🩺
On day 2 of the Southwark councillors’ challenge, our cllrs were put through their paces in circuit training at Burgess Park 💪
May 19, 2025 at 11:44 AM
On day 2 of the Southwark councillors’ challenge, our cllrs were put through their paces in circuit training at Burgess Park 💪
Labour are building genuinely affordable homes for local people 🏡
Last year more social rent homes were completed in Southwark than in any other London borough 🏗️
Meanwhile no Lib Dem councils in London managed to start building a single new social rent home ❌
Last year more social rent homes were completed in Southwark than in any other London borough 🏗️
Meanwhile no Lib Dem councils in London managed to start building a single new social rent home ❌
May 15, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Labour are building genuinely affordable homes for local people 🏡
Last year more social rent homes were completed in Southwark than in any other London borough 🏗️
Meanwhile no Lib Dem councils in London managed to start building a single new social rent home ❌
Last year more social rent homes were completed in Southwark than in any other London borough 🏗️
Meanwhile no Lib Dem councils in London managed to start building a single new social rent home ❌
Labour are working with our communities to boost the environment, with the first set of £550,000 delivered for local organisations to help wildlife and build climate resilience 🌳
May 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Labour are working with our communities to boost the environment, with the first set of £550,000 delivered for local organisations to help wildlife and build climate resilience 🌳
80 years ago, the freedoms we enjoy were secured by our remarkable Second World War generation.
Today we come together to celebrate those who fought for our freedom.
Today we come together to celebrate those who fought for our freedom.
May 8, 2025 at 8:43 AM
80 years ago, the freedoms we enjoy were secured by our remarkable Second World War generation.
Today we come together to celebrate those who fought for our freedom.
Today we come together to celebrate those who fought for our freedom.
Only Labour has a plan to rebuild trust between our local communities and the police who serve them
The new policing oversight meets tonight, with residents at the heart of improving transparency and accountability of policing in Southwark 🚔
The new policing oversight meets tonight, with residents at the heart of improving transparency and accountability of policing in Southwark 🚔
April 29, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Only Labour has a plan to rebuild trust between our local communities and the police who serve them
The new policing oversight meets tonight, with residents at the heart of improving transparency and accountability of policing in Southwark 🚔
The new policing oversight meets tonight, with residents at the heart of improving transparency and accountability of policing in Southwark 🚔
Local Labour councillors in Rotherhithe have secured changes to Lower Road to ease congestion 🚗
Consultation on an additional lane between Redriff Road and Plough Way will open on 1st May
Consultation on an additional lane between Redriff Road and Plough Way will open on 1st May
April 29, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Local Labour councillors in Rotherhithe have secured changes to Lower Road to ease congestion 🚗
Consultation on an additional lane between Redriff Road and Plough Way will open on 1st May
Consultation on an additional lane between Redriff Road and Plough Way will open on 1st May
Last month Labour councillors brought the council’s repairs service to the Brandon Estate in Newington
This Wednesday London Bridge & West Bermondsey councillors are bringing a repairs action day to Harold, Swan Mead & Creasy estates, with repairs carried out on the spot 🔧
This Wednesday London Bridge & West Bermondsey councillors are bringing a repairs action day to Harold, Swan Mead & Creasy estates, with repairs carried out on the spot 🔧
April 28, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Last month Labour councillors brought the council’s repairs service to the Brandon Estate in Newington
This Wednesday London Bridge & West Bermondsey councillors are bringing a repairs action day to Harold, Swan Mead & Creasy estates, with repairs carried out on the spot 🔧
This Wednesday London Bridge & West Bermondsey councillors are bringing a repairs action day to Harold, Swan Mead & Creasy estates, with repairs carried out on the spot 🔧
Local Labour councillors in Old Kent Road are investing almost £2 million in local projects - improving green spaces, making roads safer and upgrading sports equipment across the local area
April 23, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Local Labour councillors in Old Kent Road are investing almost £2 million in local projects - improving green spaces, making roads safer and upgrading sports equipment across the local area
Local Labour councillors in Rotherhithe are investing £200k to revitalise Albion Channel 🦆
This comes as part of £20 million set to be delivered by Southwark Labour for local infrastructure projects
This comes as part of £20 million set to be delivered by Southwark Labour for local infrastructure projects
April 22, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Local Labour councillors in Rotherhithe are investing £200k to revitalise Albion Channel 🦆
This comes as part of £20 million set to be delivered by Southwark Labour for local infrastructure projects
This comes as part of £20 million set to be delivered by Southwark Labour for local infrastructure projects
Southwark Labour announces £20 million investment for local projects, with first £5 million to include:
🏓 £ 1 million for Marlborough Sports Garden
🌳 £700,000 for a new community hub in Leyton Square park
🦆 £200,000 to revitalise Albion Channel in Rotherhithe
🏓 £ 1 million for Marlborough Sports Garden
🌳 £700,000 for a new community hub in Leyton Square park
🦆 £200,000 to revitalise Albion Channel in Rotherhithe
April 22, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Southwark Labour announces £20 million investment for local projects, with first £5 million to include:
🏓 £ 1 million for Marlborough Sports Garden
🌳 £700,000 for a new community hub in Leyton Square park
🦆 £200,000 to revitalise Albion Channel in Rotherhithe
🏓 £ 1 million for Marlborough Sports Garden
🌳 £700,000 for a new community hub in Leyton Square park
🦆 £200,000 to revitalise Albion Channel in Rotherhithe
Amidst a national housing crisis, Labour are working hard to build more genuinely affordable homes for local people
So far this year one in five of all new social rent homes started in London were started here in Southwark 🏗️
So far this year one in five of all new social rent homes started in London were started here in Southwark 🏗️
April 15, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Amidst a national housing crisis, Labour are working hard to build more genuinely affordable homes for local people
So far this year one in five of all new social rent homes started in London were started here in Southwark 🏗️
So far this year one in five of all new social rent homes started in London were started here in Southwark 🏗️
New community-owned homes are coming to Peckham 🏡
London CLT will partner with the local community and council to deliver around 12 new genuinely affordable homes - the value of which will be tied to local incomes forever
London CLT will partner with the local community and council to deliver around 12 new genuinely affordable homes - the value of which will be tied to local incomes forever
April 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
New community-owned homes are coming to Peckham 🏡
London CLT will partner with the local community and council to deliver around 12 new genuinely affordable homes - the value of which will be tied to local incomes forever
London CLT will partner with the local community and council to deliver around 12 new genuinely affordable homes - the value of which will be tied to local incomes forever