Southwark Council & Notting Hill Genesis have agreed in principle to change our long-standing partnership on the Aylesbury Estate. Full statement here: www.southwark.gov.uk/news/2026/ne...
The Gorton and Denton result is an absolute disaster for Labour. Clearly, we now risk no longer being seen as the natural home for progressive voters. This loss was avoidable. Angeliki, members and our party staff worked tirelessly, but our leader and sections of the NEC blocked the one candidate who could have won it for us. That decision now looks like a catastrophic error. We need an immediate and fundamental reset - of strategy, of policy, and of culture - now.
The message from Gorton and Denton is clear: Labour needs a fundamental reset.
Asif Aziz's Criterion Capital halts mass eviction after London Centric uncovered what was going on. Hundreds of Londoners now receiving bizarre door-to-door visits blaming misinformation and being asked to record videos saying they don't want to be evicted. www.londoncentric.media/p/asif-aziz-...
Great work! And good to see the swift intervention from @sadiqkhanlondon.bsky.social & @tomcopley.bsky.social
Scylla Road / New James Court gets Cabinet approval 🎉
12 affordable homes + shared green space in Southwark, in long-term community ownership via London CLT. Thanks @helendennis.bsky.social.
Local? Join the Steering Group info@londonclt.org.
#AffordableHousing #Southwark #CommunityLandTrust
Western countries are hitting refugees twice: they are making it harder to claim asylum *and* they are cutting aid to troubled regions.
I went to Sudan, the world's worst humanitarian situation, where the UN refugee agency has had to cut half its staff. Please have a read: as.ft.com/r/df593f1e-e...
‼️ LABOURLIST EXC:
💬 "I think stitch ups are not the thing that the Labour Party should be doing" - Miatta Fahnbulleh gives her thoughts on whether Andy Burnham should be allowed to stand in the Gorton and Denton by-election 👀
🔴 Watch to see her full response...
Sadiq Khan calls for progressives to “fight back and champion the benefits of legal migration” in Fabian conference speech.
He warns of the “construction sector grinding to a halt, care homes left understaffed, our universities badly hit, and even greater challenges for the national finances”.
‘Nostalgia is not a strategy’: Mark Carney is emerging as the unflinching realist ready to tackle Trump
Very excited about this work being taken forward 👇🏼
Graphic from the Mayor of London with the headline “Great news” and large text reading “Key workers to benefit from 6,000 new rent controlled homes”. A smiling key worker in a burgundy uniform stands holding a phone, with rows of London homes blurred in the background.
Key workers deserve homes they can afford in the city they serve.
That’s why I’m proud to launch my Key Worker Living Rent scheme, which will help NHS staff, firefighters and others into affordable homes for long-term rent, saving potentially thousands of pounds each year.
Brilliant to be celebrating these 8 new modular homes in Bermondsey with @sezking78.bsky.social to support rough sleepers move into settled accommodation. Expanding our Housing First programme and with more on their way! Important @southwarklabour.bsky.social work to tackle homelessness.
Not for the first time, where other European leaders wring their hands over Trump, Spain’s Sánchez draws a line. A stance that is only looking more sensible (more *realistic*) as time goes on.
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Mainstream’s Interim Council sends its congratulations to Andrea Egan on her election as General Secretary of UNISON. This result shows clearly that vast swathes of Labour’s historic coalition feel the Party has fallen out of step with its mainstream. By working hand in hand with our partners in the trade union movement, the Labour Party has ushered in huge advances for working people before and it can do so again - but only if the Party rediscovers its progressive instincts. We look forward to working with Andrea and all those who share our commitment to a more open Labour Party with the energy and ideas to transform the country.
Mainstream's Interim Council sends its congratulations to Andrea Egan on her election as General Secretary of @unison.org.uk.
Big news for Tustin Estate!
The next phase of our estate renewal will provide new council homes earlier than planned, a major boost for local residents.
We’re committed to becoming a good landlord and providing decent homes for local people.
southwark.gov.uk/news/2025/so...
Southwark Council & community partners have issued the following statement affirming our commitments to being a Borough of Sanctuary and raising concerns about some of the recent immigration proposals. Please do read & share: www.southwark.gov.uk/news/2025/al...
This is brilliant from @hannahmerich.bsky.social ahead of the budget writing for @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social on the imperative to scrap the 2 child benefit limit and a call for moral courage at the heart of governing: www.mainstreamlabour.org/blog/moral-c...
A chart showing child poverty in the UK increasing sharply if the two child limit remains in place, and falling if it is scrapped.
Why the two-child limit has to go, in a chart.
The Mayor and London boroughs are acting to protect rough sleepers from freezing temperatures.
❄️ SWEP is activated whenever temperatures are forecast to drop to 0°C
🚨 Boroughs and charities will open additional emergency accommodation
🛌 City Hall also makes spaces available.
The Prime Minister said in September that we are at a fork in the road. These asylum proposals suggest we have taken the wrong turning.
The idea that recognised refugees need to be deported is wrong.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Great energy at @coopparty.party.coop #CoopConf25 as we celebrate the brilliant work of our Community Britain campaign. Loved the conversation about Grassroots Growth and how we deliver change that people can see and feel in their lives through community power and cooperation.
Leaving those who flee persecution or their kids in limbo- either when making a claim or when they try to rebuild lives- is not just cruel. It’s counterproductive to integration & costly to all.
Asylum reform needs to be both effective & ethical. And those of us not frightened to fight for it.
"The era of permanent protection is over"
Is this Labour government really saying it was wrong in principle to let these refugees of the last 75 years to stay, settle and become British - and they believe that should NEVER happen again in principle or practice?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiuR...
Mainstream’s Interim Council sends its congratulations to Labour’s new Deputy Leader, Lucy Powell, whom we endorsed after a ballot of our members. Lucy ran a positive campaign advocating for pluralism, democracy and a cultural course correction, pledging to bring members, affiliates and communities into Labour’s decision-making. Ending the two-child benefit limit, which we campaigned for at this year’s party conference, was also central to her campaign. Lucy’s victory today is a win for Labour’s mainstream. It shows that the majority of our movement wants Labour to be open, participatory and inclusive. Members have rejected the hyper-factional, top-down culture culpable for the missteps of our first year in government. The failed experiment in political centralisation being pursued by a tiny group at the top of the party must now end. The low turnout in this contest is a sign of the disillusionment and plummeting morale that this culture is provoking. The result of the Caerphilly by-election, where Labour went from first to third place, is a straw in the wind of what will happen next May and in the 2029 General Election unless the party has a major reset. This result must mark a shift toward a broader, bolder politics within Labour. Only then will we be able to construct a transformative, democratic socialist programme for the country. Mainstream will organise to make this a reality. The alternative is a Reform-led government.
🌹Mainstream's Interim Council sends its congratulations to
@lucympowell.bsky.social, whom we endorsed after a ballot of our members.
This result must mark a shift toward a broader, bolder politics within Labour - so that we can build a democratic socialist programme to inspire the country.
Graphic from the Mayor of London reads: "Breaking: the Bakerloop is here and it's free for a week." Includes images of two bus routes, one to Lewisham and one to Waterloo, along with the new Bakerloop bus.
The Bakerloop is here.
A brand-new electric express bus service connecting communities from Waterloo to Lewisham.
Launching on Saturday 27 September, we’re offering one week of free travel on the Bakerloop so Londoners can see for themselves how it could transform their everyday journeys.
Graphic with the headline “London is the greatest city in the world” set against a bright view of the River Thames with the Shard, Tower Bridge and the city skyline. The text celebrates what makes London special: regularly voted the number one city in the world, incredible diversity with over 300 languages spoken, world-class transport, world leader in finance tech and life sciences, best museums and galleries many free to visit, world-leading nightlife, food sport and music for every taste, host to the world’s best sporting events, home to seven Premier League clubs, globally-ranked universities, a city where you can be yourself and love who you love, and a place for everyone.
I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again.
Ignore the haters, London is the 🐐
At LREF yesterday, CLF hosted a panel discussion with @brendadacres.bsky.social, @helendennis.bsky.social & others on the Bakerloo Line Upgrade and Extension.
The panel discussed current progress, funding options and the project’s role in enabling new housing, jobs and growth in Central London.
quote regarding pension divestment from leader of Southwark Council Sarah King
Action to divest the Southwark Pension Fund from conflict and genocide - statement from Southwark Council.
For full details of the four actions the council will take please find out more via the link below.
www.southwark.gov.uk/news/2025/ac...
