Brixton Buzz

Lambeth’s Green councillors have renewed calls to stop the sell-off of council homes, as campaigners in the community continue to channel growing anger over rising street homelessness and visible addiction in the borough.

Lambeth Council has declared themselves delighted to announce an outstanding performance at the London in Bloom 2025 awards, securing more accolades than any other borough this year.

They say that this remarkable achievement is a testament to the dedication of our staff, volunteers, and the strength of partnerships across the wider Lambeth community.

Key awards and achievements:

Large City of the Year: London Borough of Lambeth – Gold

Common of the Year: Clapham Common – Gold; Streatham Common – Gold

Lambeth Council is set to sign a ten-year, £5.8 million leasing deal with private landlord Woodstar Capital to provide 30 studio units for homeless residents in Streatham, as part of a push to cut its spiralling temporary accommodation bill.

Under the plan, approved in a Cabinet Member Delegated Decision Report, the council will take on five properties under Full Repairing and Insuring (FRI) leases at rents set at 90 per cent of the Local Housing Allowance rate.

Once one of south London’s most beloved old-school boozers, the Crown & Sceptre on Streatham Hill is now back before the Council – this time under its new name, Tu Pub Latino (“Your Latino Pub”) – seeking to keep the lights on a little later into the night.

The next Lambeth Licensing Sub-Committee on Tuesday 11th November 2025, sees the operators asking to extend opening until 3 am on Fridays and Saturdays, hoping to reposition the long-standing Streatham Hill pub as a more vibrant late-night venue.

A series of Remembrance Sunday events are taking place across Lambeth on 9 November, with the Mayor of Lambeth and the Leader of Lambeth Council joining our communities to mark the day and ensure the sacrifices of those who served are never forgotten.

The day will start with a parade from Lambeth Town Hall to Windrush Square Brixton for a wreath laying. A public event being run in partnership with the Ministry of Defence and community partners will also be held in Windrush Square from 2pm at the African and Caribbean War Memorial.

At Sunday evening’s packed Your Party assembly in Peckham, independent MP Jeremy Corbyn turned his fire on Streatham MP and cabinet minister Steve Reed. Reed had recently dismissed public ownership of Thames Water as too costly. Corbyn however, pointed out the privatised water industry’s £72bn in shareholder dividends and executive pay, as household water bills sky-rocket.

Your Party continues its South London expansion with a Regional Assembly and rally in Peckham on Saturday 2 November, headlined by Jeremy Corbyn alongside trade unionists and local campaigners.

The event is part of a nationwide series of Regional Assemblies building toward Your Party’s Founding Conference in Liverpool on 29–30 November. It follows a run of sell-out South London meetings in Brixton, Southwark and Lambeth, where Zarah Sultana MP and anti-apartheid veteran Andrew Feinstein helped launch the movement’s first local branches.

Detectives have charged a man with murder following the death of Robert Hill, who died in May.

David Souttar, 22 (20.09.03) of Chelsham Road, Clapham was charged with murder on Thursday, 23 October and appeared at Bromley Magistrates’ Court on Friday, 24 October where he was remanded into custody.

He will next appear on Tuesday, 28 October at the Old Bailey.

Police were called to Woodbourne Avenue, London, SW16 on Friday, 16 May following the death of 81-year-old Robert Hill.

Seen thundering through Brixton and sending plumes of steam and smoke skyward yesterday was a mighty Merchant Navy Class 35028 locomotive named Clan Line.

This loco is a bit of a regular visitor to Brixton and usually hauls private charter trains to the south coast and back in Pullman luxury.

You can find out more about the loco in one of our earlier features. or read about the mystery of the 60 foot steam loco inside Brixton’s Bon Marche department store.

Local residents in Streatham have raised concerns about the state of a property which was attended by the fire brigade earlier this year in their local neighbourhood.

The property is owned by Dellhome Ltd, a company used by developer Iqbal Ali Khan to rent temporary accommodation to various London councils.

Private Eye recently reported on the fact that Lambeth has given almost £4m to companies owned by Iqbal Ali Khan, despite the fact that the landlord has a previous conviction for illegally converting a property into flats without planning permission.