Glad that Andrew Sleepy the Dwarf Travers is offski. Admittedly, Sean Harriss's tenure at Lambeth LBC, the second council he headed, came to an end sooner than anticipated (more on that later). Strategic Director, Integrated Health & Care, NHS South East London and Lambeth Council. Lambeth is a brilliant, welcoming and diverse borough, a place of culture and opportunity that I am proud to serve and call home. He joined the South London council as temporary chief executive in 2017, before taking on the position permanently in July 2018. Twenty-four staff members at Lambeth Council are paid an annual salary of 100,000 or more. With Labour still in government and the radical left moving into position in local councils, Knight and his allies were confident that they were well placed to leverage their position for the cause of socialism high spending, lots of jobs, an expanded industrial base in the borough. Property | Disclaimer. They had wanted a black candidate but the most likely ones to win were considered too left wing by Labours leadership so Hoey, a Kinnock loyalist, was imposed as a candidate with a like it or lump it note from Labour HQ. The new working policy is expected to begin in September. Lambeth was once the citadel of the municipal left, its baroque Town Hall in Brixton a bastion of proud, creative, multicultural socialism. Youre going to need it. In the 1980s Lambeth was synonymous with rebel Labour councillors, it was a borough which featured regularly in national newspaper headlines for its protests, its squatting, and its resistance to and defiance of central government. Comment:Lambeth Town Hall, Brixton Hill, SW2 1RW, Address: Lambeth Town HallBrixton HillSW2 1RW, Births, deaths, marriages and civil partnerships, Noise, nuisance, anti-social behaviour and safety. Is there a family connection to British Imerialism going back a few generations? | Contact Rabbatts was born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1955 and moved to England, when she was three years old. Andrew, a former CIPFA accountant, has spent most of his career in London local government. Knight made it clear that he would be working at the council full time and quit his job as a contracts manager of a cleaning firm to work on a 60 a week allowance for attending committee meetings on the basis that when you are in control of a 150 million budget it is nonsense to suggest that you can do it in your spare time., A journalist at the time commented there was nothing ostentatious about his life style. ",o="";for(var j=0,l=mi.length;j23;3<7894:63 And so farewell Sean Harriss, the Chief Executive of Lambeth Council. He was Director of Resources at Haringey Council and then Group Director, covering Resources and Olympic Legacy, at the London Development Agency. Along with business legends Mario Morino and Lyles Carr, Jim was selected in 2009 by Greater DC Cares as one of the 20 most powerful Agents of Change for the entire Washington Metropolitan area. The Labour Party won the Lambeth election in 1978 and the new left leadership of Ted Knight and his comrades had big plans for the borough. Jims passion throughout the Inaugural week was to showcase the volunteer talent of citizens and community charities across Virginia. It was downgraded again shortly afterwards to accommodate the poorly rated assessment of its cultural-services work. "His true passion and commitment for Lambeth, already demonstrated in the last few years as a senior leader at the council, came through incredibly strongly in the interview and he demonstrated his abilities to meet the challenges and opportunities ahead for our borough. Mr Dosunmu joined Lambeth in 2019 as strategic director for residents services, with responsibility for integrating day-to-day services for housing, environment, revenues and benefits and customer support for residents and businesses across the borough to provide excellent quality and value for money. Despite the bleak financial cloud, Lambeth received an "outstanding" for children's services in 2012. Neither does he "do bonuses" on top of his already-substantial salary. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. One of the first items in the in-tray after Travers has disappeared will be to sort out the mess made by Homes for Lambeth. The house was eventually sold and the money use to fund building projects in Bluefields on the Atlantic Coast. Plus what's on near where you live - and local homes for sale. Lambeth Councils Appointments Committee has recommended that Bayo Dosunmu be appointed as the Councils new Chief Executive. Andrew Travers said: I want to congratulate Bayo Dosunmu following the Appointments Committees recommendation to appoint him as the next Chief Executive of Lambeth Council. A total of 25 top earners at council-owned developer Homes for Lambeth were paid at least 2,075,000, Lambeth Council's draft accounts have revealed. In so ruling, the court determined that the allegations of the Complaint fail, under the Lemon test, to demonstrate a violation of the Establishment Clause. It was a site of overlapping resistance from trade unionists, black residents, the LGBTQ community, and other local people. It is a matter of public record that in recent years under Andrews leadership we have made significant strides as a council as we weathered the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic and supported our residents and businesses with the challenges it created. In the late 1980s a man called Ron Tod fixed up a dilapidated old house in Vauxhall with the view to selling it and sending all the money to Bluefields in Nicaragua. He will formally replace Andrew Travers after the local elections in May - assuming that Full Council rubber stamps the decision. Chief Executive Night Time Industries Association Apr 2017 - Feb 2018 11 months. Bayo was appointed after an extensive executive search process that produced a shortlist of three candidates who were interviewed by councillors on the committee. She became Chief executive of Merton before being appointed to the post of Chief executive of Lambeth[4] in 1995. The decision comes just over a year after Lambeth's current chief executive Andrew Travers announcing that he intends to stand down after more than four years in the role. 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Find all the latest news from your local area by following Clapham Nub News on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. is the Founder and President of Commonwealth Consultants where he serves as a strategic counselor to Fortune 500 companies and other leading corporations in Virginia, Maryland and the Washington Metropolitan area.. Jim Lamb's passion is helping those in need. [6], On 22 December 2011, Rabbatts became the first woman to be appointed as a director of The Football Association. But the more I read the more it became clear that there was so much going on, how could you write a history of Lambeth and not deal with the riots, the fight against police repression, the huge squatting movement, the Front line of Railton road, the LGBT scene and the rest? Brixton street closed after multiple gunshots fired, Clapham Breakfast Briefing: Another mild Monday, Nub News is a member of the Independent Press Standards Organisation (which regulates the UKs magazine and newspaper industry). Lambeths full council will meet on 25 May, following the local elections, to consider the appointment committees recommendation. The link between the physical, spiritual and the academic is strong in my mind. Bayo Dosunmu, the Chief Executive of Lambeth Council, said: "Lambeth's children and young people deserve the very best start in life, and in Andrew, I believe we have appointed someone with the passion and the experience to lead an improving service. The Committee is made up of Labour Councillors Claire Holland, Matthew Bennett, Jacqui Dyer and Rezina Chowdhury. The rubber stamping of Dosunmus appointment will take place when the first Full Council of the new administration meets at the Town Hall on 25th May. I am proud to be able to make a difference in the borough. It can be accessed via a number of bus routes and is a short walk from both Brixton Station and Brixton Underground Station. Lambeth council leader Cllr Claire Holland thanked Mr Travers for directing the council through some of its most difficult years ever. I cant wait to get started.. Anderson, a former decathlete and dancer, has volunteered much of his time to Sport England and the 2012 Olympic Bid Company. That engaging with the community is the key to ongoing success. She left school with five O-levels and attended evening classes to study for A-levels. This has meant he has first hand experience of the challenges facing the Council as it tries to regenerate six estates. He joined Lambeth in 2019 as Strategic Director for Residents Services. Under Anderson's leadership the authority now runs many of its services via arms-length bodies as it moves towards becoming the first 'co-operative council', mirroring in part the John Lewis department store model. Mr Travers said: "Lambeth is an incredible place to be and it has been a genuine privilege for me to fulfill what I consider to be one of the best jobs in local government. She will also be removed from all assignments where she represents the Council on external boards and committees. "Andrew has played an absolutely pivotal role in changing Lambeth for the better. | The letter highlights the need for the new Chief Executive to lead an . He is a leader with strong understanding of London and local government and the ability to work with members, partners and residents to make Lambeth an even better place to live, work, learn and invest.. Cllr Claire Holland said: "I'm delighted. If we are unable to resolve your complaint, or if you would like more information about IPSO or the Editors Code, contact IPSO on 0300 123 2220 or visit www.ipso.co.uk, 2018-2023. The figure is possibly higher as exact figures weren't provided and the lower . [12], In April 2014, she was a judge in the BBC Woman's Hour power list 2014. Bayo joined Lambeth in 2019 as Strategic Director for Residents Services, with responsibility for integrating day-to-day services for housing, environment, revenues and benefits and customer support for residents and businesses across the borough to provide excellent quality and value for money. Condemned in the press as a loony left borough, Lambeth was at the heart of the struggle against the Conservative agenda in the capital. Nub News. The scholarship program enables economically disadvantaged youth to attend the four-year university program at George Mason University. Mr Travers listed the Lambeth redress scheme, which paid out over 70 million in compensation to historic victims of child abuse in Lambeth children's homes, among his achievements. Prior to the pandemic, we had reduced our office count from 14 buildings to two, saving 4.5million per year., The council has been engaging with colleagues extensively on our Future of Work programme over the past 12 months to make sure we hear, and take account of, the voices and concerns they have as we move into the next phase of the pandemic recovery., Pictured top: Lambeth town hall (Picture: Reading Tom), Or, please make cheques payable to MSI Media Limited and send by post to South London Press, Unit 112, 160 Bromley Road, Catford, London SE6 2NZ.