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Lambeth – death by a thousand cuts

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DEMONSTRATION AGAINST THE CUTS TO LOCAL SERVICES

Wednesday 4th March 2026 – 6pm Outside Lambeth Town Hall

Lambeth Council is facing a budget crisis. A large part of it is to do with decades of underfunding and cuts from the Conservative run government. Some of it is self inflicted like the disastrous fall out from Homes For Lambeth.

Image of leaflet Salve Lambeth local services! Protest on 4th March at 6pm outside the Town Hall

As a result the Council is slashing millions from its budget. It faces a “cliff edge”, either this year or next. It means even more job cuts on an already overworked and stretched workforce.

But for the people of Lambeth it means further reductions in services

  • The closure of Central Hill day centre one of the few services in the borough for people with dementia
  • Libraries and leisure centres on skeleton staffing levels. 
  • A consultation on possible closure nurseries at Maytree, Effra and Triangle.
  • £700k from the parks budget with potentially sweeping job losses

The list is growing. 

This is on top of the continuing housing crisis in the borough with huge waiting lists, thousands of people in contemporary accommodation and still reeling from penalties levelled by the Housing Ombudsman for failing tenants. 

UNISON and community groups have called a protest on 4th March outside the Town Hall in Brixton as this is the date for full Council to agree the budget.

DEMONSTRATION AGAINST THE CUTS TO LOCAL SERVICES

Wednesday 4th March 2026

6pm Outside Lambeth Town Hall

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Join the march against the far right! 28th March London

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The voices of division in our country are growing louder. Those who preach division are becoming more confident.

For the first time we face a far-right party topping the polls, and far right protests on our streets mobilising the biggest numbers they ever have.

Their false promises seize on the very real economic problems people face, in order to scapegoat migrants, Muslims, and refugees.

But we can change things together. The voices of unity can grow stronger. We can show that strength lies in solidarity. That the change we need comes from us working together for hope not despair, for unity not racism.

This is why the Together Alliance has been formed. 

Together we can reject narratives of division and racism.

Together we can build solidarity across communities.

Together we can unite against the far right.

Our alliance of over 80+ organisations and hundreds of individuals is coming together to say enough is enough.

We are mobilising and organising across the country to bring a message of hope over fear, prior to holding a major demonstration in London on 28 March 2026.

Lambeth UNISON will be joining the protest on 28th March and there are plans for a meeting point in south London and a feeder march. If you want to help us get the word out then please contact lambethunisonunion@gmail.com

Join the climate protests on 6 November – we have a world to save!

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COP26 is happening in Glasgow and there are protests around the country calling on politicians to do more around runaway global warming.

Workers have the power to change the world for the better, to build a society based on human need not corporate greed.

There are trade union blocs on the London protest that Lambeth UNISON will be joining. You should join too!


UNISON will be meeting in Windrush Square on 6 November at 10am then heading up to Finsbury Circus Gardens (nearest tube Moorgate and Liverpool Street) for 11.


The main protest will start outside the Bank of England at 12noon and march to Parliament Square.


Please see the We Make Tomorrow website for more details


https://www.wemaketomorrow.org/

Care workers get organised! Protest 4 September

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Care and Support Workers Organise (CASWO) are planning a day of action on Saturday 4 September during Professional Care Workers Week. CASWO is a cross union campaign made up of care and support workers from across the labour movement. Care and support workers have risked their lives during the pandemic to continue to care for the society’s most vulnerable. They have been at the sharp end of the government’s policy failures and have had to endure PPE shortages, lack of adequate testing in care homes and continued poverty pay.           

CASWO are demanding:

  • £15 per hour minimum wage for all care and support staff    
  • Full recognition as key workers making it easier for carers to access genuinely affordable housing
  • For the social care sector to be bought under democratic ownership

We fully support CASWO’s demands, and we encourage all our members to take part in the day of action. If you are a care worker or just believe that care workers deserve better, then we urge you to join the demo! Care and support workers need our solidarity as they have given so much over the past 18 months. They don’t just deserve our gratitude and applause but a meaningful pay rise and better working conditions.  

The action will start at 11.30am on Saturday 4 September outside the Department for Health and Social Care with a full list of speakers to be confirmed. Other demonstrations will take place at the same time in Manchester, Newcastle, Glasgow and Preston, making it a national day of action!

Make sure to spread the word about the demo at your workplace and support this vital campaign.

Also, please click the link below and sign CASWO’s petition calling on Mayor of London Sadiq Khan and members of The London Assembly to include all care and support workers in ‘Key Worker’ housing schemes across London.

https://www.change.org/p/sadiq-khan-access-to-affordable-housing-for-care-and-support-workers?recruiter=68104092&recruited_by_id=3ec5fd55-2918-491c-a040-ac18d302aebc&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_campaign=petition_dashboard

Make sure to follow CASWO on both Twitter and Facebook.

Twitter: @CaSWO_

Facebook: @CareAndSupportWorkersOrganise

Solidarity with all those facing racist violence

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BLACK LIVES MATTER. JUSTICE FOR GEORGE FLOYD
On Friday 11th September there will be a court hearing for the four officers charged with the murder of George Floyd.
Join Stand Up to Racism Southwark and Lambeth to stand in solidarity with all those demanding justice for George Floyd and the end to racist policing in the US and here in the UK.
In the UK, we demand the end of Stop and Search under Section 60, which is disproportionately used against black people.
There will be socially distanced protest with speakers followed by a Take the Knee.
WHERE: Outside the U.S. Embassy, Nine Elms SW11 7US
WHEN: Friday 11th September, 6pm
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Petition to stop Section 60
Section 60 (S60) Gives Police the right to search people when they ‘believe’ them to be ‘potentially dangerous.’ Section 60 has been both overused and misused and is used to harass Black & Ethnic Minority people across the UK.
Official statistics show that Section 60 powers are disproportionately used against black people. A black person is 47 times more likely to be stopped and searched than a white person.
Section 60 searches have increased in the capital from 1,836 in 2017-18 to 9,599 in 2018-19
This is a fundamentally flawed law that discriminates against Black and Ethnic Minority People and must be scrapped
Stand up to Racism South London are campaigning to prohibit Section 60, suspicion-less stop and search. Lambeth and Southwark council report some of highest figures for stop and search in London and must be made accountable.
Neither the massive growth in section 60 searches nor the disproportionate focus on people from black and minority groups can be justified as an objective response to violent crime.