James Barber

The result in Southwark...https://www.southwark.gov.uk/assets/attach/9490/Appendix-C-European-Parliamentary-Elections-2019-local-totals.pdf Lib Dems 27128 32.5% Labour 20569 24.7% Green 15286 15.4% Brexit 9072 10.9% Change UK 4908 5.9% Cons 2853 3.4% UKIP 1158 1.4% Very grateful to those who voted Lib Dem. Total. 83350

Hi Mundania62, The new planning application may represent an opportunity to add conditions around noise. This could fix the current problem. Happy to talk offline to get a good result for you and your neighbours.

long queues of people waiting to vote at E.Dulwich Community Centre and the Dulwich Leisure Centre.

Hi cralafindle - varies depending which side and part of Barry Road. So not a general rule.

No dbboy, I think Goldilocks is anti air pollution. Moves against some air pollution are being taken e.g. the ULEZ implementation in April. Even that 26% of vehicles entering the zone do not comply - i.e. old than 2006 for petrol and 2015 for diesel engine (excluding taxis with different rules). Wood burner and open fire air pollution is getting worse as many are under the impression that they are doing a good thing by the environment by using them. I think/know, from meeting Goldilocks canvassing in the past, Goldilocks is trying to inform people so they can make a more informed choice on this. I did a page in SE22 on this very issue after talking with her circa two years ago.

Hi Nigello, Usually repaving doesn't involve reinstalling the kerb. When it does it results in the need for some of the road to be removed and then re tarmac which significantly increasing the cost. And most often two legs of the Bikehangars are resting or attached to the kerb. IF that's the case her then should be fine if a little restricting on the people doing the repaving in that section. The repaving along Goodrich - are they re positioning the kerb?

I find this Overground train line unreliable. Almost every train into Clapham is held at red for 4-5 minutes waiting for one to come the other way. So bad timetabling as well.

Hi dc, I've never lived or represented Kingston, Sutton, or Richmond. So I don't know their circumstances. I would suggest most of Southwark is poorer than the boroughs you've quoted. It has higher levels of eco crime already. So in Southwark my lot would not introduce this charge - it will depress the collection rate, some garden waste will end up in general waste stream and not be composted. This is bad for the environment in a number of ways. But I'm unclear dc. Do you think it the right thing to do in Southwark? The introduction has no exceptions for people on benefits, low incomes, age, disability, anything. It's a regressive tax. It will hit people in ground floor council flats with tiny gardens. Easy to avoid the charge for those willing to put garden waste in the general green waste wheelie bins. It will collect more than the cost of all recycling collections per household that join in.

No, Southwark Labour/Council are not expecting all homes with gardens to pay for garden waste. Stats I've een is average cost to collect waste per household per annum = ?38.62 and all recycling types = ?26.53 across England. So presumably being an urban area Southwark spends less than these averages. So the charge of ?30 would be roughly the cost each household incurs for all recycling collections. The charge therefore appears to be far higher than the cost of the service provided.

ULEZ area is free for petrol cars built 2006 or later, and diesels 2015 or later. So not exactly restricted to new cars and vans, etc. Circa half the particulates come from non engine related activity - clutch use, brakes, etc. The ULEZ will also mean those living in the Congestion Charging Zone will finally have an incentive to consider their car use - they currently receive 90% discount on CCZ fees.

The letter the council has sent out states 51,000 street properties impacted. The income expected would not just pay for the garden waste collection but also the entire foo waste collections. Effectively this proposed scheme is a tax on some who volunteer for all the food waste collections. Councils have a duty to collect Household Waste. The legal definition of Household Waste appears to include - https://app.croneri.co.uk/topics/waste-definitions/indepth#DCAM-44402 - waste from any land associated with domestic property Domestic Waste is defined as only waste from "private homes". But the legal definition of Private Homes appears to include their gardens. Looks like a minefield - perhaps no one has yet legally challenged the setting of such fees.

Much of the funding for this year tree planting was from Cleaner, Greener, Safer applications ward councillors 2017/18 allocated in response to applications from the Dulwich Society and one from myself.

Some ideas to save money - http://moderngov.southwark.gov.uk/documents/s80904/Amendments.pdf Assumption everyone has mobile phones - Council officers and councillors are provided with iPhones hence their assumption everyone has a mobil phone.

Hi talfourdite, The expense of doing nothing is much higher. For example the Government Dept of Transport views each individual crash as costing - https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/ras60-average-value-of-preventing-road-accidents Slight ?16,434 Serious ?213,184 (doesn't include costs before first 18month) Killed ?1,897,129 Apart from the avoidable tragedies resulting from people [usually] driving too fast. 2017 data - see page 10 of this - http://content.tfl.gov.uk/casualties-in-greater-london-2017.pdf - shows 3 Killed and 148 Seriously Injured representing a total cost to society and the families of over ?37.24M so investing to reduce speeds, encouraging people to walk and cycle, using pubic transport, making fewer journeys, so we are all driving less often will help avoid catastrophic climate change, improve air quality and reduce the terrible burden driving places on society via crash victims. And I know how hard it is to reduce reliance on car journeys. Hi sdrs, What do you propose to reduce CO2, improve air quality and reduce crashes?

Hi swati.clark, Southwark aims to litter pick every street every two days. And sweep every street monthly. If you feel this is not being adhered to please complain online here - https://forms.southwark.gov.uk/beta/ShowForm.asp?fm_fid=1541&np=1 Hi Monkey, I'd follow the same link as above. Repeatedly. Failing that engage a local councillor to escalate. NB. Sometimes rubbish is put in recycling or brown bin and then they do not get emptied. Is that the problem in this instance? Hi Willard, At some point the council will remove this recycling point as they've done from all large Southwark super market car parks for this very reason of dumping.

Hi tomskip, I'm sure for many you're right. But it is a new additional form of regressive taxation. Many who have houses with gardens have low incomes. Also many hundreds of council properties with gardens in SE22 with people on benefits who will find ?30 a struggle. Similar numbers of social rented Housing Association properties with gardens. At least taking the money to run this service from Council Taxation is flexed based on the capital value of the property in 1990. So those living in large properties pay more. Their were savings found that the Labour administration chose not to make that could have funded this OR given an exemption for people on low incomes.

Schools could install evidential quality CCTV and could even apply for funding for this from the council Cleaner, Greener, Safer funding streams. Perhaps even better option is the School Zone approach where the road is physically closed for school door and pick-up. Again apply for CGS funding to for the capital element of gaming this happen. Possibly moves the problem further away but that would dilute it at least.

Hi Bagpipes, Does this count ;o)

Hi trinidad, those percentages are on different parts of the bill. So the aggregate % rise is between those two rates you've listed. From memory works out as 4. something % rise. Hi Bic Basher, Grove Vale library was my idea. I started talking to the developer in 2005 before I was elected in 2006, and due to 2008 crashes, building cost inflation only completed in 2018 after I left office! But glad you like it.

For those that can't afford to pay this you could order a second green wheelie bin -https://forms.southwark.gov.uk/beta/ShowForm.asp?fm_fid=728

Home vibrations from vehicles passing is usually caused by potholes or the like. But Lordship Lane has been relatively recently resurfaced. So assuming not an issue with road surface then I'm puzzled as indeed would council officials be.

southern Melbourne Grove seems much quieter when I was out delivering People's Vote leaflets all day yesterday. Perhaps this was part of the route people took including Champion Hill?

Any tax on doing the right thing results in people doing it less. ?30 per household and increase Bulky Waste collection charges are taxes. The incumbent councillors voted for this at February Council Assembly. They must know what they voted for. So if they know what they voted why do they need to 'come back to you' about it? Their silence is an attempt to disassociate themselves from these charges and assuming people will forget. Hi dc, Kingston Council is an Outer London council with very different problems with much less fly tipping and their recycling rate is much higher than ours already. I would not vote for such policies and never did in our Inner London council. And the Lib Dems showed a number of ways the council could have made more savings to more than cover the assumed revenue. But as these ideas came from Lib Dems were rejected out of hand.

The current Labour Southwark Council are introducing garden waste charging -http://moderngov.southwark.gov.uk/documents/s80710/Appendix%201D%20-%20Income.pdf Predicting net income of ?330,000 pa. See page 7 of this for the ?30 per household for garden waste collections - http://moderngov.southwark.gov.uk/documents/s80713/Appendix%201G%20-%20Proposed%20Fees%20and%20Charges%202019-20.pdf Expect more garden waste fires to avoid this fee. and potentially more fly tipping. Homes with gardens already typically pay more Council Tax than those without. I would advise stocking up on garden waste bags ASAP. Expect a run on them and for them to be withdrawn soon. Also plans for more street advertising, CPZ's, parking in parks, etc. P.S. The Bulky Waste collection fee is also increasing from ?16 to ?18 - so expect more fly tipping from this as well.

Hi Gerry, You might want to put a short letter about this to neighbours in the area to encourage attendance. Even better if you door knock at the same time. If you plan to do this let me know and I?ll come and help in a non political way.