Lambeth Council

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London Music Venues Launch Petitions Against Threats

Indie favourites ask for public support.

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Booming Brixton Village

Londonist explores the undercover market that’s making headlines.

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Lambeth To Run Out Of Primary School Places By 2015

Lambeth Council launches campaign to squeeze more funding from central government.

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From the Ritz to the Tottenham Hale gyratory system: Londonist collates the day’s more far-fetched and far-flung stories.

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Cycling Ban Proposed For South Bank

Local businesses want an outright ban on cycling along the South Bank, flags the Standard. The riverside walk between the London Eye and the Oxo Tower is nearly always busy with pedestrians of both the tourist and local persuasion. Cycling through the throng is simply …

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Ooh – this is good. The government wants to help London’s small shopkeepers. The A-Team premiered in London last night. Thought without George Peppard it might seem a bit B-Team. Lambeth Council is ‘leading the way’ with big budget cuts: more London heads and jobs …

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Everybody Needs Good Squatters

Photo by Maggsinho The public perception of squatters is getting a bit of an overhaul again after residents in Herne Hill, south London, started a petition to get Lambeth council to allow four squatters to stay in a house they took over a year ago. …

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‘Fairer’ Parking Fines Not So Fine

Image by J_I_M__D The two-tier system for parking fines introduced in London in 2007 has resulted in the unsurprising news that councils are issuing three times as many fines at the upper level than at the lower. Originally intended to penalise offences perceived to be …

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2012 Games won’t benefit locals, claims think tank Take that, Monaco – London now has the world’s priciest homes Our Amy’s up for three Ivor Novello gongs Lie detector software proves a nice little money-saver for south London council Russian heavyweights to square off at …

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Council Releases Clamps

Car owners in Lambeth can breathe a sigh of relief: Lambeth Council is no longer going to clamp illegally parked cars in the borough. But before drivers start flooding into Lambeth to drop off their cars anywhere they like under the impression it’s a vehicular …

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Gutter Council Loses the Stars

Lambeth town hall has come if for a good kicking: AN INFAMOUS council has become the worst in London. Lambeth has been judged the poorest performing council in the capital. It is now ranked among the five most pitiful councils in the whole of England. …