Lambeth council to hike service charges as £25m in savings needed next year

15 December 2023 James Twomey
​By Robert Firth, Local Democracy Reporter
Lambeth residents are set to face increased charges for council services as officials scramble to find £25million in cuts next year.

The council has to find £38million in savings over the next four years – more than it spends on recycling, libraries, parks, children’s centres and community safety combined – with a big chunk of that due to be found over the next financial year, or else the council faces overspending by £24.6million in 2023/24.
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Officials have drawn up plans for around £35.5million of the savings over the four-year period already, including £13.6million through hiking the price of existing services and introducing new chargeable services.

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Service charges and rent debacles LAMBETH

24 April 2023 - News Reporter

A Green councillor has been left reeling after being told by Lambeth council officers that he would have to wait two months before receiving a full response to Green concerns about extortionate rent and service charge increases.
For the residents most in need of help, this will come too late, as Lambeth have said to them “avoid paying the revised rent by ending their tenancy.”
Tenants at the Glebe Sheltered housing in Streatham and other estates in Lambeth have been hit with an additional bill of over £240 – £300 per month because of an extortionate rise in service charges.

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