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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

Wales Online

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

Daily Mirror

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

Wales Online

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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

Daily Mirror

Family whose baby died after being drugged and harnessed offered 'insulting' £13k compensation

A family whose baby tragically died after she was found hanging from a harness used to strap her to a bed have branded an offer of £13,300 compensation 'insulting'

Daily Mirror

Michael Gove accuses Lambeth Council of ‘persistent’ failures after child left in mould-ridden home

Housing Secretary says London council failed to provide ‘most basic level of decency’ for tenants after complaints

Evening Standard

Awaab's Law: Social housing tenants 'empowered to make complaints'

“Too many social housing tenants are being let down and ignored"

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Mum says she's lucky to be alive after flat ceiling collapses twice leaving her homeless

The government ombudsman ruled in Ayoola Ahmed's favour when Lambeth Council were slow to fix the first ceiling collapse, the second time she said she was almost killed when it came down again

Daily Mirror

Mum says son left with sores all over body after living in 'damp and mouldy home'

Catherine Odigie says she and her three children have been suffering in their mouldy and damp council house. Ms Odigie claims the problems are so bad, it has left her son "disfigured" with rashes all over his body

Daily Mirror

“Awful… ineptitude” — what went wrong with the Mayor’s solar power scheme?

The Solar Together scheme was meant to kickstart the capital’s switch to solar power but instead has been beset by delays, leaving many out of pocket and trying to escape the situation. By Anthony France

Evening Standard

Council forced to refund drivers £100,000 in fines due to confusing road sign blunder

A confusing sign outside a primary school in Balham, south west London, has caused more than 1,000 drivers to be fined, with Lambeth Council now admitting it was poorly located

Daily Mirror

Council forced to give 1,000 drivers back £100,000 in fines after sign mistake

The sign was in place for six months, but drivers said it was confusing

Wales Online

Lambeth Council ordered to fix fire safety failings at high-rise tower block

Firefighters found fire safety failings at 20-storey Ward Point tower in Kennington last month

Evening Standard

Brixton Academy to remain shut for three more months following fatal crowd crush

The venue has already been shut for nearly a month since the tragedy on December 15

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London council ‘failed tenant and left them in disgraceful conditions’, says Michael Gove

Housing Secretary criticises Lambeth Council after tenant left in ‘intolerable’ conditions

The Independent UK

Brixton Academy venue licence under review after two people killed in crowd crush

Met Police applies for summary review following incident that killed two people

The Guardian - UK

Artist fears he will lose flat as Lambeth council hits him with £98,000 repair bill

Local authority leaseholders have to share costs, have no say over who does the job and can face financial ruin

The Independent UK

Mother having panic attacks over fears mould-ridden flat is killing her children

Racquel Bryan, 38, says she’s been complaining to Lambeth Council since moving into her flat in 2006 and is now having panic attacks over the health of her youngest sons

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Daily Mirror

Mum having 'panic attacks' over black mould in flat she fears could kill her children

Racquel Bryan said it's her "biggest fear" that one of her children will die due to the mould at her council flat and she's been having panic attacks about her two sons' health

Birmingham Post

London Eye could become permanent under plans proposed by owner Merlin Entertainments

The attraction's Dorset-based owner is currently in discussions with Lambeth Council over the proposals

Evening Standard

Talking Point: Should the London Eye stay?

The operator of the London Eye wants to see the big wheel keep on turning

Evening Standard

London Eye bids to become fixture on capital’s landscape for generations to come

Merlin Entertainments is to apply to Lambeth council for permission to stay in place beyond the current 2028 limit of its consent

Daily Mirror

Baby left with breathing difficulties after living in 'unbearably cold and damp' flat

Demi Martindale claims living conditions in the freezing flat are impacting her mental health and her four-month-old infant suffering from problems with his breathing

Daily Mirror

Mum says daughter, 3, was rushed to hospital with breathing issues due to mouldy flat

Samantha Jenkins, 33, says she has been pleading with Lambeth Council in south London to fix a damp and mould issue in her flat for a year

Evening Standard

Pregnant women to be given free vapes by Lambeth council

Pregnant women will be handed free vapes in south London as part of a new anti-smoking campaign.

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