Brixton Buzz

Three Labour MPs representing the Brixton Buzz patch have publicly defied the Labour government by putting their names to a parliamentary amendment opposing the controversial Welfare Reform Bill.

The amendment rejects plans to cut Personal Independence Payments (PIP), a key benefit for disabled people.

Green Party Councillors urged action on a petition to divest Lambeth pensions from weapons manufacturing, Israeli atrocities and illegal settlements, ahead of Saturday’s march to end the genocide in Gaza.

SIGN THE PETITION HERE

Goldfinch Primary School in Streatham, run by the Dunraven Trust, is due to close in August 2025.

The School, previously known as Eardley, has been open since 1894 and was considered by families and staff to be a thriving primary school until the Dunraven Trust unexpectedly announced plans for its closure.

One Goldfinch teacher commented,

“We’ve put our hearts into this school. It’s a real community and the children are at the centre of everything we do.

Goldfinch isn’t just where we work; it’s where we’ve seen children grow, thrive and find their voices.

Local labels and DJs are joining forces to raise funds to try and stop the deportation of a Jamaican father, activist and friend who has been living in London for over 15 years.

Entitled “… ACTUALLY, I’LL STAY!”, the late night features an allstar roster of weirdo, oddball, bass-heavy, club sounds who will take over Bricks in Coldharbour Lane this Saturday night, (formerly Club 414).

A sitting Labour Councillor in Lambeth has been blocked from re-standing as a candidate in the 2026 local elections after defying the party whip on a Gaza ceasefire vote – despite finishing as Labour’s top performer in a closely contested ward.

Cllr Martin Abrams, elected in 2022 to represent Streatham’s St Leonard’s ward, revealed he was recently informed by the Labour Party that he will not be permitted to stand again.

Lambeth Council has teamed up with the Mayor of London’s Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) to help protect the borough’s youngsters from robbery on the way to and from school.

The “Safe Road, Safe Way Home” campaign harnesses youth outreach patrols, additional mobile CCTV and help from police and local businesses to tackle crime in areas identified as robbery hotspots.

In case you were wondering what’s happened to it this year, we can report that there will be no Streatham Common Kite Day this year.

The Friends of Streatham Common and the Kite Day Team haven’t given a reason for this year’s cancellation but have said that the fun free family event will be back in 2026. ,

In a short statement they said

It is with much regret that we have to inform you that there will be no Streatham Common Kite Day in 2025.

We thank you so much for coming and supporting and performing for us in the past.

This afternoon Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP for Clapham and Brixton Hill was first out of the traps to support the Gaza (independent public inquiry) Bill being introduced in parliament by former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn.

Mr Corbyn, MP for Islington North since 1983 announced today that ‘MPs must decide: will you support our call for an inquiry into the UK’s complicity in genocide, or will you block our attempts to uncover the truth?’

In a statement on his Facebook page he called for the establishment of an inquiry:

Taking place every Wednesday afternoon in Streatham Library is a free drop-in centre offering advice to local residents struggling to pay their bills.

The library says:

Every Wednesday a cost-of-living link worker will be onsite, providing support to residents experiencing financial hardship or having issues related to their living costs.

It will include advice on maximising incomes, minimising costs, building financial resilience, and managing debt.

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Streatham Library

London, SW16 1PN

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As the dust settled on defeats to the Greens in Lambeth and around the country, Labour’s response was to prepare a new immigration crackdown. But Brixton’s Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP offered some principled alternatives to knee-jerk politics.

In the week that Labour leader Keir Starmer wrote in The Times that he ‘gets it’ about ‘uncontrolled immigration’, his team scrambled to outflank the far right with some tough rhetoric on migrants, preparing a new raft of measures aimed at stemming the flow of voters to Reform.