Leader of Southwark Council.
Southwark Green Party councillor for Goose Green.
Ex-primary school teacher & trade unionist. Personal capacity. Socialist. 🪿🟩
Developers in Southwark will now start to pay more towards community needs.
This week our Executive agreed to increase the amount student housing developers must contribute in Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL).
It’ll mean more money for transport, schools, community projects and more. This will ensure growth in our borough benefits you.
See the link in the first comments for more information
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UPDATE 12.09: Rye Lane is fully reopened in Peckham.
Cllr @mcash said: "I am pleased to report that Rye Lane has reopened following the completion of the emergency safety works on the old cinema building."
Thank you to everyone for their patience.
🚌 Bus users should continue to check TfL for diversion updates.
More: southwark.gov.uk/news/2026/r…#Peckham
Government has confirmed London will be given powers to introduce an overnight visitor levy.
CLF has long called for a fair share of the revenue to be retained locally & for boroughs to have a meaningful role in how the levy operates, to make sure it works for all of London.
New gas drilling could be approved within weeks. This would be a climate disaster.
The decision belongs to the Energy Secretary - our local MP for Peckham, Miatta Fahnbulleh.
@Miatsf please stand by your previous commitments. Reject Jackdaw!
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj9x…
It's time Parliament genuinely reflects our votes.
And with the majority of the public rejecting Nigel Farage's politics of hatred and division, we can't let a broken voting system hand him unchecked power.
It's time for proportional representation.
theguardian.com/politics/202…
Dolly Parton stood for feminist, anti-racist and pro-LGBT+ class-conscious politics.
A Freewoman of Southwark, in 2016 she launched her Imagination Library in the borough, delivering thousands of free books to Southwark's children.
Rest In Peace, Dolly
We've all experienced the cost of water privatisation: droughts, flooding and excess pay for the bosses.
The Prime Minister has it the wrong way around.
We can't afford to not bring Thames Water into public ownership.
Our local MP, Miatta Fahnbulleh, faces a choice: protect the planet and the people of Peckham or prioritise the profits of polluters.
Help her make the right one.
Tell her: No New Oil & Gas.
Sign the petition 📝 southwarkgreenparty.org.uk/n…
The Prime Minister wants to take power from local councils and give them to more distant regional Mayors
He says he's pro-devolution - but this is the wrong way around.
Power should move closer to people, not further away.
theguardian.com/society/2026…
As Andy Burnham becomes Prime Minister, the Leader of Southwark Council, Councillor James McAsh, has written to him on the importance of devolving more power away from Westminster, and enabling local authorities to build much-needed council homes (1/2)
Car clubs are back in Southwark!
HiyaCar, Enterprise and Co-wheels have all signed deals to supply rental vehicles in the borough with immediate effect 🚗
Find out more about car sharing options in Southwark and how to hire a vehicle 👇
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I have severe concerns about the incoming Coalition in Southwark and whether it will focus on community safety and housing needs. I suspect it’ll McCrash and burn. Time will tell.