Really pleased Emmaus UK has been able to support this campaign by @cihhousing.bsky.social, calling for the government to unfreeze Local Housing Allowance at November's budget. Really important for reducing poverty and risk of homelessness.
We're investing £2.6m in London Bridge & West Bermondsey, ensuring that when big developments happen locally, the money comes back into supporting amazing community projects.
Here's just some of what we as local @southwarklabour.bsky.social councillors are investing in:
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
Really pleased these ambitious plans for 150 key worker homes and a new community centre are moving forward in our ward.
I attended the consultation event this evening to discuss with residents.
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NEW | The Supported Housing Act needs to back good providers
While Emmaus UK’s research shows strong support for new supported housing standards, the government needs to ensure good providers do not suffer unintended consequences.
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On the Spending Review, housing and homelessness 👇
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Great to be back at Magdalen Hall TRA last week.
Residents were really pleased to hear we are giving £600k of CIL funding for security improvements at St Saviours Estate and £165k to help revamp Magdalen community hall for all sorts of activities and events.
Very good news London Bridge Post Office will be staying open after some risk.
Thanks to 650+ residents who signed our petition, and the Post Office for meeting us as ward cllrs.
Still more conversations to be had on the new set up but good progress 👇
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@teamlondonbridge.bsky.social BID play a big role in supporting businesses and helping make London Bridge a better place.
Their AGM and summer gathering last week was a great event, good to chat to lots of the businesses in our area!
New from us at Emmaus UK, in response to the government's Supported Housing Act plans 👇
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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 ❌
Delighted the new pedestrian crossing on Long Lane is now complete.
Something residents have called for for a long time and which we've made sure is delivered using our ward funding.
Glad residents can now enjoy the benefits when walking in this area.
The government is developing a new Civil Society Covenant Framework to reset the relationship between civil society and government.
Here are 5 key things we at Emmaus UK are calling to be included:
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Tonight Cllr Sam Dalton moved our motion on extending voting rights to migrants who call Southwark home:
Many thanks to Zaya Nasheed & Migrant Democracy for their work in championing voting rights for Southwark residents born outside the UK
Tonight Council Assembly unanimously supported extending the right to vote to migrants across our borough
We are passionate about influencing change on the issues that drive disadvantage.
That is why we invested £2.4m in charities to improve national policy and practice.
Here, Emmaus, funded under the programme, share their work shaping the Supported Housing Act ow.ly/qbSn50VhVnz
Great to share the latest on Emmaus UK's project to shape the Supported Housing Act through lived experience in this new blog for Lloyds Bank Foundation @lbfew.bsky.social, who are funding our work via their national influencing programme 👇
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Local residents were absolutely buzzing today about the new crossing that Cllrs Gavin Edwards, Reggie Popoola, and Sandra Rhule have secured.
Great sunny morning out in Nunhead and Queen's Road.
Excited to speak at @southwarklabour.bsky.social conference in Camberwell on Sat 15th March - alongside an excellent array of others. Great chance to help shape our manifesto for 2026 and beyond.
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At the highest point in Western Europe at The View from the Shard last night, to celebrate social and sustainable businesses in London Bridge with @teamlondonbridge.bsky.social.
Great to to hear about the positive work of so many organisations in our ward.
Labour is delivering for families in South Bermondsey, with an amazing £450k revamp of the Ellen Brown Adventure Playground 🛝
We are investing in upgrading our adventure playgrounds to make sure every child has a great place to play
Great to welcome so many MPs to their local Emmaus community since the General Election.
Really good opportunity to see our model of combining housing, work opportunities in onsite social enterprises, and social support in action, and how it helps stop homelessness.
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Great to welcome the French Embassy to our Emmaus Greenwich community yesterday.
An opportunity show how the Emmaus model of supporting people who have experienced homelessness works in practice, discuss our campaigns priorities, and compare progress in the UK and France.
Pavement widening in progress on Bermondsey Street.
Part of the ongoing improvements to make the street better for walking, cycling, and enjoying the bars and restaurants.
More to follow later this year!
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
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Research from @lb-southwark.bsky.social shows that following 14 years of cuts, a quarter of English councils may have to sell council homes to balance the books. This cannot continue.
That’s why by we’re working with the Labour government to #SaveCouncilHousing
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Great to be out yesterday around Leathermarket Court and Weston Street, getting residents behind our campaign to save the London Bridge Post Office, and help with different local issues.
I was back at Southwark's Overview & Scrutiny Committee last night for an update on investigations into major works failings at Devon Mansions.
I urged that inquiries are completed swiftly to give residents answers on the high costs, poor-quality of some works, and lessons learned.
