Families across Peckham Rye have been welcoming the Liberal Democrat team on Southwark Council’s decision to freeze council tax for the second year running. We have always opposed council tax. It’s an unfair tax which takes no account of people’s ability to pay. Despite 13 years in Government, Labour have failed to address this unfairness […]

After a massive response to our petition to extend the number 63 bus route to Honor Oak, we have formally submitted the petition to City Hall for Boris Johnson to now respond to. Nearly 600 local residents have backed our campaign to extend the bus route, which currently stops at Forest Hill Road and would […]

With just a couple of months to go until the re-opening of the extended East London Line, I thought it would be worth sharing some links to websites giving a sneak preview of the new service. The Guardian’s Dave Hill has an interesting blog on the new line here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/davehillblog/2010/mar/16/east-london-line-extension-promises-of-prosperity And the excellent London Reconnections […]

Creating a sustainable environment is at the heart of everything the Liberal Democrats do. Over the past 8 years we have increase recycling in Southwark to more than six times the level under Labour. We are currently investing in a he new recycling centre on the Old Kent Road to make sure Southwark recycles even […]

We recently went out and joined local community wardens out on patrol in Peckham Rye Park, discovering first-hand the issues they face. Since the Lib Dems introduced Community Wardens, they’ve been a great success. Local people are concerned about dogs being kept properly under control in the park, and also making sure they’re cleaned up […]

The popular 343 bus, which runs from London Bridge to New Cross, via Peckham Rye, is set to become more reliable and more frequent. Transport for London have now completed a consultation on the route and after continued pressure on them from the local Lib Dem Focus team, TfL have agreed to increase the morning […]

  I’ve been chasing up the Council’s Play Services Department, to get an update on the Adventure Playground in Peckham Rye Park, which seems to have been left half-finished for months.Phase One was completed in July, this included the demolition and removal of the old play structures, the building of the new ‘American Swing’ ( […]

I have had the above tube map mocked up, showing the South London Line as it would look if it were included on the Tube map. There is currently a black hole in South London transport. Anyone living in Camberwell and Peckham will have had a similar experience at some point: you invite a friend […]

  We have been out collecting signatures for the petition to save the South London Line. This is a line that runs from London Victoria to London Bridge. TfL and the DfT are planning to scrap this line in 2012, and replace it with the Overground Line (linking Clapham to New Cross, via Queens Road, […]

  We have been lobbying Transport for London to increase the length of the number 63 bus route. The route currently runs from Kings Cross to Forest Hill Road (outside the Forest Hill Tavern). If it carried on another 3 stops, over a steep hill, it would reach Honor Oak Park station, which from June […]