A fairer future news
Southwark scoops silver Investors in People award
Published: 16 April 2012
Southwark Council has scooped a prestigious national award for its excellent management, leadership, training and development of staff.
Leader's plan to save £1m by cutting top managers' posts
Published: 10 January 2012
The Leader has written to the Council's most senior officers and councillors to launch a consultation process that is expected to cut the number of top managers' posts in the authority.
Southwark sets out ten fairer future promises
Published: 7 July 2011
The council is committed to delivering the Leader's vision for the borough.
Leader of the council invites comments on draft budget
Published: 25 January 2011
Cllr Peter John, Leader of the council, invites residents to comment on the draft budget before the council takes its final decisions in February.
‘No room to manoeuvre’ - Council leader responds to cuts
Published: 22 December 2010
The government's funding cuts give the borough no room to manoeuvre when it comes to protecting services, says the Leader of Southwark Council.
Southwark responds to the grant settlement
Published: 14 December 2010
Southwark's cabinet member for resources, Cllr Richard Livingstone has updated the cabinet with the headlines from the provisional grant settlement today.
Cllr Peter John's message in preparation for today's budget annoucement
Published: 13 December 2010
Message from Cllr Peter John in preparation for the budget announcement from the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government.
Council Leader to residents: 'We need your help to build a better Southwark'
Published: 29 November 2010
Southwark Council Leader Peter John is calling on residents to roll their sleeves up and get involved in the community in the coming months.
Spending review: 'serious unanswered questions remain'
Published: 3 November 2010
There remain serious unanswered questions about the impact of the government’s spending review on Southwark, the council's cabinet heard on Tuesday (2 November).
Cabinet on the frontline
Published: 1 November 2010
As major cuts to funding are announced, councillors go back to the floor to see what this could mean for services.
Southwark's reaction to the comprehensive spending review
Published: 21 October 2010
The Chancellor, George Osborne, has presented the Government’s Spending Review, which fixes spending budgets for each Government department up to 2014-15.
Residents’ ideas on transforming services
Published: 14 October 2010
With a week to go until the government decides local authority funding, Southwark Council’s leader has called on the borough’s residents to keep sending in their innovative money saving ideas.
What would you do to transform local services?
Published: 22 September 2010
In less than a month's time the government will decide the extent it will cut council funding.
Budget consultation must be jargon free
Published: 1 September 2010
Southwark Council is gearing up for a public consultation in the autumn on the impact of government cuts, by committing to drop the jargon.
The debate begins: government budget cuts
Published: 23 July 2010
Southwark Council’s leader last night signalled the start of a borough-wide debate about rising to the challenge of unprecedented government cuts.
Leader begins borough-wide cuts debate
Published: 22 July 2010
Southwark Council's leader will warn the government of the catastrophic impact its anticipated cuts to local authorities will have on the borough.
Commitment to creating a fairer Southwark
Published: 16 June 2010
The Leader of Southwark Council, Cllr Peter John, has set out Southwark’s vision of a cooperative council.
Interview with new Leader Cllr Peter John
Published: 3 June 2010
An activist council that’s intelligent, efficient and connects with local people is the vision of Southwark’s new Labour administration.
New Leader sets out his vision
Published: 19 May 2010
At the Annual Meeting of the Council Assembly on 19 May, Councillor Peter John was elected Leader of Southwark Council.
