Steve Reed

"I believe in a society where what matters is where you're going to, not where you come from"

Thank you for visiting my website. I was elected Leader of Lambeth Council in May 2006, and I've been a councillor for Brixton Hill Ward since 1998. Find out here about my local campaigns, what the council is up to - and how I'm working to make life better for people right across Lambeth.

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>> Disbelief as Lib Dems blame global fuel price rises on... Lambeth Council!
In a move that’s breathtaking even for them, Lib Dem councillors in Lambeth are blaming the global surge in energy prices on Lambeth Council.  Growing demand for energy in developing economies ...

>> Can councils help homeowners beat the credit crunch?
The lack of availability of new mortgages is starting to have an impact.  People who want to buy their first property find they can’t.  People who need to move find it more difficult. ...

>> Going for gold: Labour invests in community sports
Isn’t it great to see Britain’s athletes bringing home the Olympic gold from Beijing?  So far, three gold medals in three days, and hope for more before the games close.  Compare that to...

>> Streatham Lib Dem abandons his residents
I was astonished to get a complaint last week from residents in my ward in Brixton about a Lib Dem who was elected to represent Wells Ward in Streatham.  Residents living in Sandhurst Court on Ac...

>> More for the young, the old, and the environment
We had a long meeting of Cabinet last night – the last before the summer break.  The agenda was packed, the most important issues before us being the council’s innovative strategy against vio...

>> Starting work on next year's budget
The famous 20th century economist, J.K. Galbraith, said politics is the “art of choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable.”  That’s unnecessarily pessimistic, of course, but it’...

>> Crime: put communities in control
I’ve been chairing a policy working group on crime and justice for the left-wing think tank Progress.  The first draft of our report has now been published and we’re looking for comments and ...

>> Get the drug dealers off our streets
Labour’s cracking down on drug dealing across Lambeth with today’s launch of our Drug Deterrence Policy.  If you’ve ever been to Brixton in the evening, the chances are you’ll have notice...

>> Fresh start for council housing in Lambeth
With confusion reigning up at City Hall, I’ve rather neglected the big changes happening here at Lambeth Council in my most recent posts.  It’s time for a catch up.   Last week, Lam...

>> Deputy Mayor's departure must not lessen the focus on tackling knife crime
I was due to have a meeting with Ray Lewis last week, but an hour before the meeting he cancelled and failed to show up.  London’s Tory mayor, Boris Johnson, appointed Lewis as his deputy respo...

>> A better deal for London's older people

It’s time older people had a stronger voice, and that’s what the London Older People’s Assembly aims to give them.  The group held their sixth Annual Convention at City Hall today...

>> In Bournemouth with Cameron, Clegg and Boris
I’ve spent the week down in Bournemouth at the Local Government Conference.  That’s where council leaders and chief executives come together to discuss how councils can help their communities...

>> Funding summer projects - and why I had a go at Boris!
I’ve just finished a meeting with Tessa Jowell MP up at Westminster.  As well as being Minister for London and the Olympics, parts of Tessa’s Dulwich and West Norwood constituency forms the e...

>> Too early to brand Boris a racist?
I was invited to speak on the Politics Show on BBC1 this morning. They were doing a broadcast from two different parts of London to discuss whether Boris Johnson will be Mayor of all of London or just...

>> Labour's new plan to tackle poverty
The Community Strategy doesn’t sound very interesting, but what it aims to achieve really is. Every council must, by law, agree a community strategy. It looks forward to 2020, says what the local ar...

>> Lib Dem no-show at climate change fair
Lambeth’s leading London in tackling climate change.  We have the toughest carbon reduction target of any London council, were among the first to introduce emission-based parking charges, and a...

>> Minister opens Brixton Customer Centre
I welcomed Local Government Minister John Healey MP to the Brixton Customer Centre this morning.  The new centre, based in Olive Morris House on Brixton Hill, offers a high quality service that o...

>> 8 June 2008
Lambeth has the biggest Portuguese population of any city outside Portugal, so Portuguese National Day is always a big event here.   The annual ‘Dia de Portugal’ festival at Kennington P...

>> 2 June 2008
Today was extraordinary, starting off with me taking part in a documentary about violent youth crime and ending tragically with the murder of another young person in Lambeth.  We still don’t ha...

>> 20 May 2008
London Councils is the organisation that brings together all 33 borough councils in London.  On Tuesday, I represented Lambeth at the Leaders Committee, sitting round a large oval table with the ...

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