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In a press release sent to Brixton Buzz, Labour has called on the Green Party to sack five candidates standing in local elections across the country, accusing them of making “racist, antisemitic” statements and peddling “dangerous conspiracy theories” on social media.

The national communication (attached below) coincided with an article in The Spectator identifying Saiqa Ali, the Green candidate in Streatham St Leonard’s – the party’s strongest ward in Lambeth, where all three sitting councillors are currently Green – as having posted material on her Instagram account including:

Youthsayers will be 10 years old this month and they’re hosting a big event at The Portico Gallery in West Norwood on Saturday, April 18th 2026.

They told Brixton Buzz more about the event:

Three of our amazing patrons are performing . UK sax legend Courtney Pine, international jazz star Zoe Rahman and acclaimed actress ,Abakush lead singer and Brixton resident, Angela Wynter.

Plus Youthsayers founders Soothsayers, and former Fela Kuti and UK based afrobeat godfather Dele Sosimi.

While greedy, despicable billionaires continue to stuff their fat wallets and landlords keep pushing up the rent, millions of people are struggling to make ends meet every week.

The debt advice kiosk in Streatham Library is here to help, offering free expert advice via video for individuals with financial difficulties or money worries.

Each kiosk is designed as a soundproof booth, ensuring conversations remain private and confidential.

This is a walk-in service, so no appointment is required.

Upcoming dates and times:

Streatham Library

Lambeth Libraries have compiled their events for April 2026. Scroll down to find out more:

With the first days of spring come several bank holidays. Over the Easter weekend, our Libraries and the Archives will be closed on 3, 5 and 6 April, but will be open as usual on Saturday, 4 April.

Reading Hour

Join the #ReadingHour as part of the National Year of Reading celebrations.

Listen via Libby or Bolinda.

Adult Events

Voices From Ukraine

Monday 13 April, 6pm

Lambeth Archives, SW2 1ET

Booking: Eventbrite

Figures from across the borough have voiced alarm at the conviction of Palestine Solidarity Campaign director Ben Jamal and Stop the War vice chair Chris Nineham, found guilty at Westminster Magistrates’ Court yesterday 1 April 2026 of breaching Public Order Act conditions imposed on a planned march to the BBC over its Gaza coverage in January 2025.

Jamal received an 18-month conditional discharge, Nineham 12 months, and both were ordered to pay £7,500 in prosecution costs. Jamal was also convicted of inciting others to breach the conditions.

The Loughborough Estate Management Board (LEMB) faced its second HMRC winding-up petition in seven months at the High Court yesterday. Residents’ representatives in attendance at the hearing in the Rolls Building in Fetter Lane, EC4 were placed under strict instructions from the court not to divulge any details to the press.

The ambitious project was initially an InStreatham Business Improvement District (BID)-led project, following a competitive process.

The BID appointed landscape architects Outerspace to undertake community engagement, feasibility studies, design and a planning application and subsequently delivered phase 1.

The popular free Streatham Common Kite Day will be returning to Streatham Common on Sunday, 10th May 2026, transforming the open space into a festival of colour, community, creativity and soaring kites.

You’ll be able to watch world-class kite professionals perform breath-taking displays while you fly your own kite, browse local food stalls, and soak up the buzz of one of South London’s most beloved free events.

Lambeth Council has made a surprise reversal on plans to close three maintained nursery schools, withdrawing consultations and citing changes in national policy – a move that has taken parents, unions and campaign groups by surprise while prompting accusations of “politics over people” from across the borough’s political spectrum.

The consultations on Effra, Triangle and Maytree nursery schools were abruptly ended on Monday 16 March, with the council seizing on a government White Paper published three weeks earlier to justify withdrawing the controversial proposals.

Here’s another update from our Brixton at Night photo series, covering scenes we’ve photographed in the area over the last month.

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