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What's the best thing Labour's done for Lambeth over the past year?
Labour's changing Lambeth for the better - but which of the improvements means the most for you?
| Boosting the police teams so there's more uniformed officers on the streets |  |
| Planning the biggest-ever investment to improve council homes | |
| Agreeing plans to build more new secondary schools and rebuild the existing ones | |
| Investing record amounts in youth services and getting Lambeth's first Youth Mayor elected | |
| Keeping council tax rises down and delivering the first budget surplus for over two decades | |
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Speeches and articles |
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 Tackling violent youth crime |
I wrote this article on tackling violent youth crime for the IDeA (Improvement and Development Agency) website 'IDeA Knowledge', February 2008. Just over a year ago I was walking past M...
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| Winning back from opposition: why Labour must represent the whole community |
This is an article I wrote for a Progress pamphlet. It explains how Labour in Lambeth became more representative of our diverse community in an attempt to re-engage and win back pow...
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| Making local government more relevant: key challenges in 2008 |
This is an article I wrote for the New Local Government Network (NLGN) for publication in the Local Government Chronicle, January 2008 We often lament the fact that too many of our citizens feel lo...
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| Diversity and the creative economy: the creative sector in Lambeth |
This is a speech I gave in the main auditorium at the Royal Festival Hall as part of the Creative Clusters conference. This international event focuses on the role and development of the ...
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| Streatham Business Breakfast: speech to local business people |
I’d like to thank Neelofar Khan for hosting this morning’s event in her restaurant. Chilli Chutney is one of my favourite places to eat out in Streatham, although I’ve never been here th...
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| Leader's annual letter to the Council Chief Executive |
The Leader's letter is an annual letter to the Chief Executive of the Council. It summarises the Council's priorities and those areas where the Administration, led by the Leader, expects to s...
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| Tackling child poverty through welfare-to-work |
This is a speech I made about promoting local jobs to a group of employers at the Royal Festival Hall on the South Bank Lambeth is a borough of contrasts. We have the extraor...
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| Boris - not fit to be London Mayor |
The Guardian newspaper published an online commentary by Andrew Gilligan praising Tory Boris Johnson as he launched his bid to be Mayor of London. Steve fired off the following letter to the ...
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| Lib Dems try to stop investment in social housing (Council meeting) |
I suspect I'm not the only person in this room who finds it galling to be lectured by Tories and their Lib Dem allies about how best to spend Labour Government money. It was their Tory G...
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| Working with church groups: speech to UCKG Church, Brixton, July 2007 |
Thank you for inviting us here this morning to share your worship. I’d like to thank my friend, Councillor Tina Valcarcel, one of our new Labour councillors – only elected last...
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| Global issues, local solutions. Looking at immigration and climate change. |
GLOBAL ISSUES, LOCAL SOLUTIONS Speech by Cllr Steve Reed, Leader of Lambeth Council. New Local Government Network fringe meeting at the Compass Conference, Westminster Central H...
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| Leader's speech to Labour Group AGM, April 2007 |
Thank you for supporting me as your Leader. I can’t tell you what an honour it is to be Leader of the best Labour Group in the country. I’d like to offer, first, my congratulations to eve...
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| Fair parking enforcement |
Financial incentives removed from parking contract Councillor Steve Reed, Leader of the London Borough of Lambeth, explains how the authority has tackled the issue of removing financial incentives ...
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| Funding older people's care services |
The future for care services Our ageing population is in increasing need of care services. Yet, higher demand for expensive services is putting a strain on council finances. Leader of Lambeth Counc...
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| Improving black, asian and minority ethnic representation |
Improving black, Asian and minority ethnic representation Councillor Steve Reed, Leader of the Labour Group at the London Borough of Lambeth, describes attempts to improve the representation o...
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| Improving Lambeth's council homes: speech to Lambeth Housing Conference, July 2007 |
Thank you for inviting me to this year’s Housing Conference. Following the elections in May, this is the first time I’ve been able to speak to you as Leader of the Council. I...
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| South London shootings: speech to full Council, February 2007 |
Madam Mayor, on behalf of the Administration and the whole Council, I would like to offer our condolences, our sympathy and our prayers to the family and friends of those young people whose lives w...
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| Manifesto launch speech, February 2006 |
Thanks for coming this morning. It’s good to see so many people. We’re here to talk about Lambeth. Lambeth is a great place to live. It’s one of the most diverse place...
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| An ALMO for Lambeth: speech at public meeting, Clapham, April 2007 |
Twelve months ago, people on our estates came out and voted for a Labour Council. They did that for two reasons. First, they were sick and tired of the fraud, cuts and incompetence of t...
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| Improving the housing benefits service: speech to full council, July 2007 |
When this Administration was elected, we promised that our objective would be ‘delivering quality, tackling inequality’. One of the areas we wanted to see change was in the Housing Benefi...
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