Councillor Ellie Cumbo

Licensing Sub-Committee - Thursday 10 April 2025 10.00 am

The Licensing Sub-Committee was scheduled to meet to consider a time-limited premises licence application for Southwark Park, and to exclude the press and public from the meeting for items of business that would likely disclose exempt information. The meeting was scheduled to be held online/virtually. Councillor Renata Hamvas, Chair of the Licensing Sub-Committee, Councillor Ellie Cumbo, and Councillor Sunny Lambe, Deputy Mayor of Southwark, were scheduled to attend.

Extraordinary meeting, Council Assembly - Wednesday 19 March 2025 9.00 pm

The Council Assembly met to discuss the award of Freedoms of the Borough. The Council resolved to agree the recommendations for the award, although the names of the people or organisations to receive the honour were discussed in private and are not public knowledge. The meeting started at 9pm and finished at 10.30pm.

Ordinary meeting, Council Assembly - Wednesday 19 March 2025 7.00 pm

The Council Assembly of Southwark Council on Wednesday 19 March 2025 saw the passing of a motion on green and leisure spaces, a motion on the extension of the franchise, a motion to support the creation of a National Care Service for England, and the approval of several reports. The Assembly also received community evidence submissions, heard a deputation, and responded to public and members’ questions.

West Central Multi-ward Forum Funding Decision Meeting, West Central multi-ward forum - Tuesday 4 March 2025 7.00 pm

This meeting was about approving the spending of money from three funds that Southwark Council uses to pay for local improvements: the Cleaner Greener Safer programme, the Neighbourhoods Fund and the Devolved Highways budget. There were scheduled to be discussions about reallocating underspends from previous years, approving applications from the public to these funds for 2025-26, and considering proposals for projects suggested by council officers. The documents that describe the meeting do not tell us whether any of the proposals were approved, rejected or discussed by the councillors.

Budget and council tax setting meeting, Council Assembly - Wednesday 26 February 2025 7.00 pm

The Council Assembly approved the proposed budget for 2025-26 as amended by the Liberal Democrat group. It also approved the associated council tax increase of 4.99% and agreed to continue existing local schemes for war disability and war widow/widower housing benefit. In addition, the Capital Strategy and the Treasury Management Strategy were approved without amendment.