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The Latest Breaking News from Lambeth Council

Boy living in ‘social housing hell’ asks Santa for house that doesn’t have any mould

The Lambeth family has had to move between five different hotels since they left their mould-infested flat in November

The Independent UK

London boroughs expect to overspend budgets by £600m as homelessness rises

The increase in boroughs' spending is due to fast-rising spending, with London's homelessness crisis playing a key role

Evening Standard

Vauxhall residents 'feared explosion' as hundreds evacuated from their homes after major gas leak

Vauxhall Surgery on Jonathan Street has been cordoned off

Evening Standard

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Residents protest against new Low Traffic Neighbourhood trial in Streatham

Valley Road is part of a group of streets that make up Lambeth Council’s Streatham Wells Low Traffic Neighbourhood trial.

The Independent UK

Brixton Academy music venue must meet 77 conditions to reopen, council rules

The Independent UK

Brixton Academy can reopen Lambeth Council says, but must meet 77 conditions

Brixton Academy can re-open once the venue has met 77 “extensive and robust” conditions “designed to promote public safety”, Lambeth Council said.

Evening Standard

Future of Brixton Academy to be decided after deadly crush

A two-day hearing of a Lambeth Council subcommittee will decide whether the venue is safe for use.

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O2 Academy Brixton operator plans new crowd barriers if venue can reopen after fatal crush

Future of the venue will be decided by Lambeth Council next month

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan to expand campaign aimed at helping older Londoners claim pension cash

The campaign has so far helped older Londoners save a total of £8.4m

Evening Standard

London’s council funding gap is largest of any English region

London’s councils are receiving 17 per cent less funding than their ‘relative estimated need’

Evening Standard

Brockwell Park: South London residents fed up with ‘constant’ noise after 6 music festivals in 10 days

Thousands of revellers have flocked to Lambeth’s Brockwell Park in the past two weeks for festivals including Mighty Hoopla, Wide Awake and City Splash

Evening Standard

'Most dishonest man' rakes in £1m after lying about being paralysed

The pensioner claimed he needed the cash to pay for round-the-clock care but spent the cash on building up a property portfolio

Wales Online

More than 100,000 sign petition to ‘save’ Brixton O2 Academy

Scotland Yard has called for the music venue to lose its licence to operate over the fatal crush at an Asake gig in December

Evening Standard

Brixton Academy: Why have Met Police called for closure of the historic venue?

Lambeth councillors in January temporarily suspended the venue’s licence for three months while inquiries into its safety took place

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

Online petition to save Brixton Academy surpasses 50,000 signatures

The south London music venue faces permanent closure after the Metropolitan Police urged the council to strip the venue of its licence.

The Independent UK

Petition to save Brixton Academy passes 25,000 signatures

South London concert venue has been closed since December after two people died in a crowd crush

Evening Standard

Petition to ‘save Brixton Academy’ receives thousands of signatures as Met ‘loses confidence’ in operator

A petition to save Brixton Academy has received thousands of signatures as the venue’s future remains in the balance.

Evening Standard

Circus banned from Streatham Common over ‘extensive’ damage

Some call for circus to go ahead as operator pledges to cover cost of reinstatement

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Met Police call for permanent closure of Brixton Academy

Brixton Academy's licence may be indefinitely suspended following fatal crowd crush

The Independent UK

Metropolitan Police apply for O2 Academy Brixton to be closed for good

The police have asked Lambeth Council to revoke the venue’s licence after a crowd crush in December left two people dead.

Evening Standard

Brixton O2 Academy faces indefinite closure as Met Police ‘loses confidence’ in operator after deadly crush

The Met Police have submitted an application for Brixton O2 to have licence revoked, saying it has ‘lost confidence’ in the operator

Wales Online

Mum gets £21k after carrying disabled child around flat for three years

Ombudsman found 'no evidence' that suitable accommodation was sought for the family. And the delays have now had a detrimental impact on the child's future mobility

Daily Mirror

Family faces eviction for withholding rent as 'damp' council home is 'falling to pieces'

Marie McManus has been living in the damp-ridden property in Brixton Hill, South London, for the past five years while Lambeth Council fix her family's other home

Wales Online

Mum has 'lost her life' as she's forced on 4-hour school run every day

Family has been moved 35 miles away from their home by the council after they were evicted. Travel costs have also increased for the struggling parent

Daily Mirror

Married couple illegally claimed £1million in benefits and bought FIVE properties

Emmanuel Bay, 68, and Nancy Bay, 67, from Brixton, south London, fraudulently received £1 million in disability benefits between 1999 and 2018 and bought five properties

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