Lambeth Council is facing a budget crisis. A large part of it is to do with decades of underfunding and cuts from the Conservative run government. Some of it is self inflicted like the disastrous fall out from Homes For Lambeth.
As a result the Council is slashing millions from its budget. It faces a “cliff edge”, either this year or next. It means even more job cuts on an already overworked and stretched workforce.
But for the people of Lambeth it means further reductions in services
The closure of Central Hill day centre one of the few services in the borough for people with dementia
Libraries and leisure centres on skeleton staffing levels.
A consultation on possible closure nurseries at Maytree, Effra and Triangle.
£700k from the parks budget with potentially sweeping job losses
The list is growing.
This is on top of the continuing housing crisis in the borough with huge waiting lists, thousands of people in contemporary accommodation and still reeling from penalties levelled by the Housing Ombudsman for failing tenants.
Lambeth Trades Council, UNISON and community groups have called a protest on 4th March outside the Town Hall in Brixton as this is the date for full Council to agree the budget.
