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Clapham and Brixton Hill MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy this week led a trio of South London Labour MPs to help push through a Liberal Democrat Ten Minute Rule Bill calling for the UK to rejoin a customs union with the EU.

The bill, introduced by Lib Dem Europe Spokesperson Al Pinkerton MP, passed by the narrowest possible margin: a 100–100 tie, broken only by the Deputy Speaker’s casting vote. It was supported by just thirteen Labour MPs, including three from South London: Marsha de Cordova (Battersea), and Fleur Anderson (Putney) and Ribeiro-Addy.

The Open Spaces Society – who describe themselves as the “leading pressure-group for the protection of green spaces” – has publicly congratulated Protect Brockwell Park (PBP) for stopping Lambeth Council from pursuing an appeal over its commercial events plan, which PBP had blocked in the High Court.

In a statement, they said:

The Open Spaces Society was poised to back PBP in the Appeal Court this week with a grant from its Legal-Action Fund, but Lambeth Council decided to withdraw at the last minute.

Today I am resigning from the Labour Party after the best part of two decades’ membership and dedicating much of my adult life to the party.

My criticisms of the Labour Party under the ‘Starmerite’ project are manifold and well documented, and I’ve spent much of the last five years since Starmer was elected Party leader warning about his failings but even I am shocked at how bad things have become under his leadership and after one year in Government.

A Freedom of Information request by the Lambeth LibDems has revealed that Lambeth Council turns down more than two-thirds of requests from parents seeking to delay school entry for summer-born children — one of the highest rejection rates in the country.

With the school term just weeks away, Lambeth Liberal Democrats are urging the Labour-run council to reconsider its rigid approach and support families trying to make the best decision for their children.