Opinion

With housebuilding numbers in sharp decline, last week we saw the council embrace two creative solutions to London’s housing crisis....

Many Southwark News readers will have experienced the joy of reading, whether it is remembering the first books they enjoyed...

When the Canada Water Leisure Centre opened last year we questioned whether new members were really getting more for less...

We are listening to you so we as a council can do better. We believe in putting you – the...

2026 must be the year Southwark chooses change. Labour has run Southwark Council for sixteen years. Sadiq Khan has been...

Claims that London has become “lawless” sit uneasily with the latest crime figures. In Southwark, knife crime is at its...

This is my first column of 2026 – so happy new year! It hasn’t been happy for the Conservatives. Their...

For too long, people across Peckham have been struggling with the cost-of-living crisis and an economy that does not work...

It is hard to keep track of the number of U-turns performed by the current government.  The latest came last...

Could the May local elections deliver a seismic shift in the make-up of Southwark Council? For the last 15 years...