@WCDG6

Waterloo Community Development Group - serving the local community since 1972. This is the genuine account for WCDG.

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Joined November 2019
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Housing? Nope. Ugly? Yep. Heritage? Wrecked. Carbon? Tonnes. Daylight? Blotted out. The river’s string of pearls - St Paul’s, Somerset House, National Theatre, majestic views from Waterloo Bridge - to be joined by lopsided, behemoth towers of…more offices telegraph.co.uk/business/202…

‘Hulking monolith’ The Slab to loom over London’s South Bank

High Court gives green light to a 25-storey block beside the Thames despite warnings of ‘irreversible damage’

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Join us at our general meeting on Wednesday 30 September @1830. Have your say! The local plan for Lambeth - shaping your area’s future. More details here wcdg.org.uk/posts/general-me…
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JOIN US! WCDG MEETING 18.30, Wed 30th Sept 2026 Lambeth Walk Methodist Church SE11 6DU - Lambeth Local Plan - Gabriel’s Wharf - Elizabeth House Have your say! wcdg.org.uk/posts/general-me…

General Meeting September 2026

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JOIN US TONIGHT - WCDG General Meeting Wed 24 June 2026 1830-2030 Royal Festival Hall Sunley Pavilion. New Library? Extended Jubilee Gardens? Privatization of IMAX public open space? Gabriel’s Wharf update? Please share!
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JOIN US - WCDG General Meeting Wed 24 June 2026 1830-2030 Royal Festival Hall Sunley Pavilion. New Library? Extender Jubilee Gardens? Privatization of IMAX public open space? Gabriel’s Wharf update? Pls RT
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WCDG general Meeting - Wed 6 March 1830 Old Vic, Backstage,Rooftop Space. In 2026 the Council will begin drafting a new Local Plan, & they must consider residents' alternatives..Through several workshops since Nov, we have developed key principles. Do you agree? Have your say!
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I have no words anymore. States. Must. Intervene. This isn’t genius, it’s leadership. 1. Impose an arms embargo and cut trade. 2. Break the blockade with your humanitarian navies. 3. Send a protective presence to Palestine to ensure Israel dismantles its occupation NOW.
Muhammad Shehada
@muhammadshehad229 Aug 2025
Israeli snipers screaming of joy after murdering a child: "YAAAS! Son of a b*tch" "Wow. Hit him in the head" "What a legendary video" "He flew in the air & his leg was" This was 7 YEARS ago, during protests against the siege, when Israeli snipers deliberately shot 940 children!
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Narrowly focused Treasury wonks driving planning reforms?? Madness. Is it any wonder we have 172,000 homeless children in the UK, and have lost 25% of London’s industrial land to investor landing-strips of unaffordable housing? theguardian.com/politics/202…

Reeves’s planning overhaul stalls as senior adviser leaves after four months

Exclusive: Catherine Howard’s exit comes amid disagreements at top of government about how far to push deregulation agenda

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Social housing requirements? Halved Access to daylight? Going Housing space standards? Going Biodiversity? Gone Green Belt? Gone Gardens? Gone Developer’s 20% profits protected? You betcha
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‘Labour have lost control of development in #Southwark, and residents are the ones paying for it,’ says Lib Dem leader at the council Monthly column by Victor Chamberlain southwarknews.co.uk/area/sou…
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There is a clear pattern of @SteveReedMP looking people in the eye and making promises that he completely bulldozed over months later. Journalists- This needs more attention. Residents- We need to let our collective anger unite us in action. ✊ @CraigBennett3 @WriterHannahBT
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2. We were asked to look at this back in 2017. Lambeth have known about this situation for a long time. Why didn't they do anything about it. 3. The internal audit in 2021 provided substantial assurance!: moderngov.lambeth.gov.uk/doc… Clearly something went very wrong here.
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This press release from #Lambeth is a convenient smokescreen for its mismanagement: 1. Why is its management agreement with LEMB so weak that it can't take any action? That is not a problem with legislation. A🧵 love.lambeth.gov.uk/lambeth-…

Lambeth Council calls on Government to strengthen powers over failing Tenant Management Organisat...

Lambeth calls on government to urgently reform outdated Right to Manage laws following serious concerns raised by Loughborough Estate residents.

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Social housing tenants need a rent freeze, not rent convergence dlvr.it/TPhkTB #ukhousing

Social housing tenants need a rent freeze, not rent convergence

Social landlords should be approaching the government for more money, not their tenants, writes Pat Turnbull from the London Tenants Federation.

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I was never more appalled than when I saw Pret A Manger in Paris.
Florence Lox 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
@floboflo5 Dec 2025
I was in London today which I thought was in England but judging by these signs I was either abroad or we’ve been invaded!
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Seriously, how has Labour not sorted this yet
Fraser Nelson
@FraserNelson6 Dec 2025
Half of trainee British doctors finishing this summer had no job lined up. Yet the NHS is poaching foreign doctors. One in six of Nigeria's are now in the UK. The real scandal isn't pay: it's a broken training pipeline. My column:- times-comment.com/nhs

Training British doctors is better than poaching Nigeria's

Training British doctors is better than poaching Nigeria's

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Only 2% of people want environmental protections weakened. Imagine if the government passed legislation that catered to other 2% groups like people who never eat fruit or DnD players.
Chris Hinchliff MP
@CHinchliffMP5 Dec 2025
Turns out those complaining about "the vegetable lobby" are just angry with...the public. Developers have failed to build affordable homes. Scapegoating nature for their failure is wrong. It's also a vote loser.
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Reform accepted £9 million from a former Boris Johnson backer & crypto-multimillionaire. Today, Nigel Farage postures as a righteous defender of the same democracy he actively undermines. Democracy should never be for sale. It's time for a cap on political donations.
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Labour MPs and volume property developers sure do spend a lot of time together. Did you know ministers refused to meet with a single ecologist about the planning bill? No wonder it’s a developers charter. A real lose lose unless you’re a greedy developer CEO.
Deirdre Costigan MP@deirdrecostigan4 Dec 2025
A constructive meeting with Craig Carson @BarrattRedrow on issues West Works, Southall leaseholders face with FirstPort. He confirmed that they won’t sign new FP contracts on new developments, will share new targets for West Works and check if FP can block resident management.
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The answer is building council housing
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In a surprise to absolutely no one, the mum she’s describing is not claiming benefits as a “lifestyle choice”. This paywalled article is full of “in my grandparents day, blah blah blah” and nasty sneery comments about latest iPhones for spoilt children🙄 🧵 1/9
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PROBLEM WITH YOUR LANDLORD? ACORN is a community union that empowers its members to take collective action on the issues that matter to us.  Report your problem: acorntheunion.org.uk/contact…
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