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We receive numerous complaints about flytipping from residents of Knollys Road, in the north part of the ward. We pushed the Council hard for action to clean up the mess and secured some important promises, such as increased street sweeping.
Unfortunately, the problem persists. Sometimes residents are unaware that the Council can collect bulky items of [...]

Father Christmas will visit West Norwood’s festive celebration during a tour across Lambeth’s six town centres on Friday 4 December. He is due to arrive between 4.30 and 5.30pm outside St Luke’s Church…

Kemi is campaigning for more countdown signs all over the constituency, including Herne Hill, East Dulwich and West Norwood.

<p>When I’m out and about talking to people in Knights Hill, the issue that is most often raised is the problem of dogs fouling on the West Norwood’s pavements. It’s a disgusting problem. It’s unhygienic and unsightly, and residents are right to complain that something should be done.
<p>The trouble is, Labour-run Lambeth Council is showing [...]

Last week Andrew and Carl attended a meeting with residents living in the Woodlands area of Upper Norwood to discuss the planning application to build 12 housing units in 4-storey blocks on land adjacent to 114 Woodland Road…

A planning application has been made to build 12 housing units in 4-storey blocks with no off-street parking on land adjacent to 114 Woodland Road SE19. The site is at the bottom of Woodland Road and located in…

More than 80 residents from across Norwood and West Dulwich attended this year’s annual Remembrance Day Service at the recently refurfurbished Vincennes war memorial this afternoon…

Norwood Park has topped the poll in a Lambeth-wide vote to win an extra £75,000 for the water play project in Norwood Park. When we asked residents to give their support we knew they would rally round and were delighted…

That’s what local residents are telling us about the junction at Lordship Lane and Dulwich Common by the Harvester Public House which has no “pedestrian phasing” to enable residents to cross the road without the fear of oncoming traffic.

Your local councillors, Kim, Lewis and Michelle, together with Kemi Adegoke, Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Dulwich have [...]

 Millions of pounds lost as houses left to rot
 A 1000 Lambeth owned properties are being left vacant, resulting in £3.5m lost rental income every year.
 “I am shocked by this level of mismanagement,” says Conservative Parliamentary Candidate, Kemi Adegoke. “The £3.5m in lost rent is just the tip of the ice-berg in Labour’s failed management of [...]

Lambeth Conservative Group Leader John Whelan “wheelie binned” it for a day on October 30 to raise money for the children’s charity Barnardo’s. He volunteered for a shift as a bin man to raise money for the charity. And Lambeth’s waste contractor Veolia fixed for him to empty his own bin and those of his [...]

A teenager was shot a few weeks ago on Norwood Road opposite Brockwell Park.
 “There are great things about Herne Hill. It is a shame that persistent issues of crime and antisocial behaviour are holding our community back” says Kemi.
 There are no quick fixes for addressing issues of violent crime. Already the Met’s Safer Neighbourhood Team [...]

We hope that residents will join us for this year’s annual Remembrance Day Service at the new Vincennes war memorial on Carnac Street SE27. The service will take place on Sunday 8 November from 3pm…

An ‘Anti-Social Behaviour Surgery’ is taking place on Wednesday 4 November from 3.00 to 6.00pm and provides an opportunity for local residents to come and talk about any concerns…