About the Mayor

Find out what the Mayor, Leader and Cabinet do for Lambeth Council, and how to contact them. See which events the mayor will be attending.

The Cabinet

Leader of the Council, Councillor Claire Holland

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Cllr Claire Holland

Councillor Holland is responsible for setting the overall political and strategic direction for the council; acts as the lead spokesperson and manages external relations including with Government, the Greater London Assembly and local and regional bodies; as well as managing the council’s relations with key stakeholders, partners and investors and holding the council’s Chief Executive to account. She oversees the transformation programme that is underway, to ensure that the council is an inclusive, efficient and more joined-up organisation, delivering better outcomes for residents.

Councillor Holland chairs the Lambeth Strategic Partnership (LSP) which will implement Lambeth’s ambitious Lambeth 2030: Our Future, Our Lambeth. The LSP brings together key anchor institutions, foundations, businesses and charity sector partners across a variety of sectors, creating a strategic, joint-working approach to delivering the outcomes laid out in Lambeth 2030 and builds our collective voice for Lambeth’s communities and organisations.

The Leader oversees communications and public awareness campaigns. She is responsible for ensuring the implementation of the Administration’s manifesto commitments and core council strategies, including Lambeth 2030: Our Future, Our Lambeth. She leads on the council’s work to deliver the recommendations of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse and the support to survivors through the Lambeth Children’s Home Redress scheme.

She also leads on investment and growth in the borough, including overseeing the delivery of our economic resilience strategy and attracting inward investment across our growth sectors, including medical technology and life sciences, digital and creative sectors, and the new low carbon economy. She leads on the development of the Lambeth Growth Plan, which will align with the London Growth Plan. She leads on regeneration schemes across the borough including Growing Brixton’s Rec Quarter, Waterloo, West Norwood, Vauxhall Nine Elms Battersea partnership, Waterloo station masterplan and SC1.

Deputy leaders

Working with the Leader of the Council, the Deputy Leaders work across all areas providing support in the political and strategic leadership of the council.

Deputy Leader (Sustainable Lambeth and Clean Air), Councillor Rezina Chowdhury 

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Cllr Rezina Chowdhury

Councillor Chowdhury will lead on efforts to adapt Lambeth to and mitigate against the worsening impacts of our changing climate and prepare the borough so that it is fit for the challenges of the future.

She will oversee the delivery of Lambeth's ambitious Kerbside and Transport Strategies promoting healthier and cleaner neighbourhoods and advancing active and sustainable mobilities in the borough. These will support local inclusive growth and enable businesses and residents to thrive by working in partnership with business to create thriving high streets and reshaping our streets and neighbourhoods in the favour of sustainable modes of travel. This includes driving forward infrastructure changes such as delivering Lambeth’s healthy routes and healthy neighbourhood programmes; working with and lobbying Transport for London and private rail providers to improve the frequency, reliability and accessibility of public transport as well as widening inclusion and access to active travel through enhanced cycle training, new grant programmes and the installation of 5,000 new cycle storage spaces. In addition, Councillor Chowdhury leads on the delivery of actions within Lambeth’s Air Quality Action Plan in line with the borough’s commitment to stringent air quality targets as well as overseeing Lambeth Council’s largest ever tree planting programme.

Responsible for:

  • Delivery and reporting of progress towards the actions in Lambeth’s Climate Action Plan.
  • Reshaping Lambeth’s streets to deliver equitable, inclusive, healthy and safe neighbourhoods, including improving accessibility, walking, scooting, cycling and wheeling infrastructure by delivering Lambeth’s Transport Strategy including its healthy routes and low-traffic neighbourhood strategies.
  • Improving air quality and overseeing the delivery of the council’s new Air Quality Action Plan.
  • Increasing recycling rates, the reduction of residual waste and overseeing the council’s strategy to deliver a circular economy in Lambeth, as well as improving the cleanliness of Lambeth’s streets.
  • Overseeing the implementation of the Kerbside Strategy in Lambeth that promotes a more diverse use of kerbside space in the borough and gives more space to community uses in line with Lambeth’s Climate Action Plan.
  • Overseeing the management of parking services in Lambeth including plans to prioritise disabled parking and expand controlled parking zones.
  • Strategic transport planning and transport infrastructure, delivering local transport schemes and lobbying for improvements and increased access to Lambeth’s public transport network.
  • Utilities and contractor relations.
  • Overseeing the development and delivery of the council’s sustainable urban drainage programme to reduce flood risk and increase biodiversity in Lambeth.
  • Overseeing community gardening and food growing in public spaces.
  • Overseeing the delivery of the Hostile Vehicle Mitigation programme.
  • Oversee the development and delivery of Lambeth’s ambitious tree-planting programme, with over 5,000 trees to be planted in the borough.

Deputy Leader (Housing, Investment and New Homes), Councillor Danial Adilypour

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Cllr Danny Adilypour

Cllr Danny Adilypour is responsible for the delivery of housing in Lambeth, encompassing both managing housing services including repairs provided to our tenants and leaseholders, as well as the delivery of new homes in the borough. He is responsible for the Council’s ambitious programme of building new genuinely affordable homes at council rent including leading the transition of the council’s wholly owned housing company, Homes for Lambeth, back into the council and for delivering the council’s New Homes Programme.

He leads on delivering the council’s Housing Strategy, including working with tenants and leaseholders, tackling homelessness, and delivering better and decent homes for all tenants. He will ensure that the Council delivers the best quality service to our tenants through a programme of investment and by taking action against repairs contractors where they fall short.

He is responsible for delivering the Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy, which aims to prevent homelessness, improve the supply and sustainability of Temporary Accommodation and ensure that all people sleeping rough in Lambeth are supported off the streets and assisted in improving their lives. He will be responsible for lobbying the government for investment in Lambeth and London's housing stock.

Councillor Adilypour will be the lead member for planning and lead on strategic infrastructure and the delivery of new and genuinely affordable homes for Lambeth residents. He is responsible for ensuring that Lambeth’s planning policy delivers sustainable growth that meets residents’ needs, maximises the number of genuinely affordable new homes for local people, and ensure that the benefits from growth are fairly shared and reinvested in areas across the borough.

Responsible for:

  • Housing management services.
  • Leadership of the borough’s New Homes Programme.
  • Lead Member for Planning.
  • Working with partners, including housing associations, to deliver more affordable homes.
  • Overseeing the borough’s strategic infrastructure needs and investing in community-led projects in areas of increased growth through taxes on private development projects.
  • Fire safety in Lambeth’s social housing stock and managing housing’s capital investment programme.
  • Overseeing the management of the Housing Revenue Account, together with the Cabinet Member for Finance.
  • Tackling homelessness and rough sleeping by delivering our Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy and overseeing investment in better advice and support for people facing homelessness.
  • Overseeing the delivery of resident boards and estate action plans to give tenants opportunities to scrutinise the performance of contractors and the housing service.
  • The council’s older people’s housing schemes sheltered housing and extra care housing across the borough.
  • Overseeing the delivery of estate improvements, making them more sustainable, safer, and healthier for residents.

Cabinet Member for Finance, Councillor David Amos 

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Cllr David Amos

Councillor David Amos Councillor David Amos is responsible for oversight of the council’s strategic financial management. This includes setting a balanced budget and monitoring the delivery of the capital investment programme. The council faces significant financial pressure over the next few years as a result of continued central government funding cuts, the costs of Covid-19, and supporting our residents through the cost-of-living crisis. Councillor David Amos is responsible for ensuring the council’s financial strategy can meet reforms to local government finance, including business rates reform.

He leads on the capital investment strategy, ensuring investment supports the delivery of the key outcomes identified in Lambeth 2030: Our Future, Our Lambeth, and on generating new income through investment, opportunity asset sites and adopting a corporate commercial framework or trading approach where appropriate.

As well as being responsible for leading the council’s anti-poverty work to support residents through the cost-of-living crisis and beyond, Councillor David Amos leads on driving social value and opportunities for residents from the council’s investments in services.

Responsible for:

  • The council's financial strategy, including budget setting, budget monitoring, financial policy and performance.
  • Revenue collection, business rates, council tax and benefits and Council Tax Support (CTS) underpinned by the council’s Income and Debt Strategy.
  • Generating new income through investment, opportunity asset sites and adopting a corporate commercial framework or trading approach where appropriate.
  • Capital investment programme, property management and asset strategies.
  • Ensuring the council’s commissioning and procurement strategies deliver value for money and high-quality services, including considering in-house delivery as a first option and providing social value through all its activity and contracts, including the Social Value Fund.
  • Overseeing the management of the Housing Revenue Account and finances relating to Homes for Lambeth, together with the Deputy Leader (Planning Strategy, Investment and Housing Delivery)
  • Supporting residents impacted by the cost-of-living crisis, including co-ordinating support across the council to increase resident’s financial resilience.
  • Workforce matters including Human Resources and Trade Union relations.

Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Families, Councillor Ben Kind 

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Cllr Ben Kind

Councillor Ben Kind is responsible for delivering our commitment to giving young people the best start in life. That includes the statutory role of lead member for children’s services, powers and duties in relation to looked after children, and our commitment to improving the care of the borough’s most vulnerable and at risk children and young people.

Responsible for:

  • Statutory lead member for children’s services role, including responsibility for corporate parenting, child protection, children with disabilities and protecting children from sexual exploitation.
  • Commissioning Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) with Lambeth Clinical Commissioning Group.
  • Tackling child poverty and increasing social mobility and opportunities for young people in Lambeth, including leading on our partnership work with Lambeth Citizens to deliver the recommendations of the ‘Building Better Futures’ report.
  • Overseeing the Raising the Game and Somos programmes to narrow the attainment gap and reduce the exclusion rate in some of our most disadvantaged communities, expanding the programme to more schools and other groups such as our Spanish-speaking and Latin communities.
  • Commissioning of early years’ services, including children’s centres, and one-o-clock clubs.
  • Education and schools, including educational achievement and attainment, special educational needs, sufficiency of places and promoting inclusion.
  • Campaigning for fairer funding for Lambeth schools.
  • Leading on the development of the council’s youth offer. This includes overseeing commissioning and delivery of youth and play services including adventure playgrounds, working with voluntary and community sector providers to deliver excellent services and ensure that young people are at the heart of decision-making on their services.
  • Supporting the Lambeth Youth Council to be the best advocates and scrutineers they can be on behalf of Lambeth’s young people.
  • Leading on the council’s work towards becoming a UNICEF Child Friendly Borough.

Cabinet Members for Digital, Data and Resident Experience (job share) Councillor Jacqui Dyer and Councillor Fred Cowell

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Cllr Dyer
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Cllr Fred Cowell

Delivering on our Lambeth 2030 aspirations and facing up to the significant challenges facing local government means that the council will have to transform how we work to ensure that we can better serve those who live, work and study in our borough.

The transformation programme that is underway, overseen by the Leader of the Council, will place a significant premium on accelerating the council’s digital transformation, so that the council will become a more efficient, joined up and inclusive organisation. Councillors Cowell and Dyer lead on this digital transformation, ensuring that the experience of Lambeth’s residents is at the heart of our approach, as well as overseeing improvements to how residents, businesses and others interact with the council more generally. They are responsible for performance reporting within the council and ensuring that the organisation is informed by the findings within the Annual Residents Survey to help drive improvements. They also oversee Democratic Services and Legal Services.

Responsible for:

  • Overseeing the development and delivery of the council’s strategies and approach to transforming its use of digital and data across the organisation.
  • Improving customer service and residents’ experience by providing a responsive and inclusive telephone and digital service, reducing waiting times and making access to the council’s services more accessible across multiple channels.
  • Improving the council’s services and increasing digital inclusion.
  • Democratic Services and Legal Services, as well as the management of council buildings and facilities.
  • The Annual Residents Survey and ensuring that its findings are utilised to drive forward performance across the council
  • Registrars, cemeteries and crematorium services.

Cabinet Member for Economic Inclusion Councillor Marcia Cameron

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Cllr Marcia Cameron

Delivering a growing and inclusive economy is essential to supporting Lambeth’s residents after the impact of the Covid-19 and cost of living economic shocks over the recent years. Councillor Cameron will lead on spreading opportunities and building our economic resilience to make Lambeth the best place to live, work and do business for everyone regardless of their background.

Councillor Cameron will support the Leader in driving the borough’s economic development and inclusive growth, ensuring that Lambeth is a good place for all its businesses and residents to thrive, and is responsible for the council’s ambitious agenda to increase jobs, skills, training and apprenticeships for Lambeth residents. Councillor Cameron is responsible for working with the Deputy Leader (Sustainable Lambeth and Clean Air) to support businesses and town centres to thrive sustainably.

Responsible for: 

  • Leadership on economic development including boosting trade in high streets, town centres and working with BIDs to improve services for businesses.
  • To work with business and partners to create healthy, thriving hight streets including public realm and kerbside which supports businesses to grow.
  • Joint delivery with the Leader of our economic resilience strategy and attracting inward investment across our growth sectors including medical technology and life sciences, digital and creative sectors, and the new low carbon economy.
  • Overseeing the council’s employment programmes and creating affordable workspace to provide increased opportunities for the long-term unemployed, those with complex needs, vulnerable adults, and people with disabilities.
  • Jointly with the cabinet member for Safer Communities to oversee the development of a boroughwide Lambeth nighttime strategy to help our high streets thrive and to support nighttime workers.
  • The council’s commitments as a London Living Wage employer.
  • The council’s commitments to make Lambeth a London Living Wage Place by encouraging all Lambeth businesses to pay the Living Wage.
  • Ensuring development and delivery of our apprenticeship programme in order to achieve our target of creating 2,500 apprenticeship opportunities over the course of four years.
  • Adult learning, training and skills and overseeing the provision of adult education courses, such as ESOL and maths
  • Post-16 education, training and skills for employment in schools, colleges and other settings. 
  • Overseeing the implementation of the Employment and Skills Strategy, which includes collaborative oversight through the borough’s Employment and Skills Board.
  • Overseeing delivery of Lambeth’s UK Shared Prosperity Fund programmes and projects.

Cabinet Member for Safer Communities, Councillor Dr. Mahamed Hashi 

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Cllr Mahamad Hashi

Keeping Lambeth residents safe is our top priority: Councillor Hashi will lead on our work with our communities, the police, our partners and the Mayor of London to combat crime in Lambeth. That includes all violence and in particular violence which impacts our children and young people, community safety, crime reduction programmes, tackling violence against women and girls and tackling anti-social behaviour and hate crime.

Councillor Hashi will lead on holding the police to account for how they police our communities, how they rebuild trust and confidence and again learn how to police by consent. Continue to ensure mapping is up to date and where necessary is refreshed, of accountability organisations working in conjunction with the local police and our communities. He will lead on facilitating our communities to have a dialogue with the police continue to hold them to account and support them in the delivery of the Lambeth police action plan in response to the Casey Report.

Councillor Hashi is also responsible for delivering the council’s commitments to improving the quality and security of the private rented sector, delivering our licensing schemes and enforcement to drive up the standard of the private rented sector in Lambeth and reduce the anti-social behaviour associated with poorly managed private rented housing.

Councillor Hashi will work with Councillor Cameron to support nighttime workers and continue to support a thriving and safe nighttime economy.

Responsible for:

  • The council’s work employing a public health approach to tackling the root causes of violent crime.
  • Supporting local communities to know how to report racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic, ableist and antireligious hate crime and harassment.
  • The Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy.
  • Overseeing the Youth Justice Service and gang intervention work.
  • Jointly with the cabinet member for Economic Inclusion to oversee the development of a boroughwide Lambeth nighttime strategy to help our high streets thrive and to support nighttime workers.
  • Overseeing the council's enforcement functions including Licensing, anti-social behaviour, trading standards, public protection and noise nuisance.
  • Ensuring police are held to account with regard to deployment of police resources and the functioning of Safer Neighbourhood police panels, by challenging unfair and discriminatory stop and searches and ensuring that appropriate training takes place to tackle discrimination in the police.
  • Build our community engagement, where local diverse voices can be heard on crime, community safety and opportunities for young people.
  • Holding the police to account on behalf of Lambeth communities to work for transparent policing by consent.
  • Improving the advice and support available to people living in the private rented sector.
  • Registered Social Landlords, House of Multiple Occupation (HMO) licensing, and the expansion of the Council’s landlord licensing and targeted selective licensing scheme as part of our package of measures to support and protect private renters.

Cabinet Member for Stronger Communities, Councillor Donatus Anyanwu 

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Cllr Donatus Anyanwu

Councillor Donatus Anyanwu is responsible for leading on the council’s relationship with and support to the voluntary and community sector, working with key partners in Lambeth to deliver on the outcomes in Lambeth 2030: Our Future, Our Lambeth. He is responsible for working with the voluntary sector, community hubs, faith groups and community forums to deliver the borough’s voluntary sector strategy, working with local groups to strengthen our communities and working with Lambeth Funders Forum to share best practice.

He also leads on the council’s ambitious neighbourhood working to shift the Council and our partners culturally and structurally toward a closer working relationship with each other and the public at the neighbourhood level. He is also responsible for celebrating our borough’s diversity and supporting the Windrush generation’s campaign for justice.

Councillor Anyanwu works with cultural sector and community groups to support the thriving arts and cultural communities. He is responsible for Lambeth’s library and leisure services. Councillor Anyanwu is responsible for the delivery of the administration’s bold manifesto commitment to ensure every neighbourhood has a turn up and play for free sports facility as well as the chairing of our Sports Partnership to deliver on inclusive and accessible sports facilities for all residents.

He is also responsible for protecting and enhancing Lambeth's award-winning parks and open spaces through our multimillion-pound parks capital investment programme, working with local communities to increase biodiversity and accessibility.

Responsible for:

  • Lambeth’s work to support and bolster the voluntary sector in the borough, including the delivery of the voluntary and community sector asset strategy.
  • Support for community groups, including the Lambeth Forum Network and faith groups.
  • Ensuring the voluntary sector has the opportunity to thrive, increasing funds and resources into the borough, as well as overseeing the support service available for local groups.
  • Expanding the council’s volunteering offer and ensuring the appropriate support is available for Team Lambeth, the Council’s volunteering brokerage system.
  • Ensuring Lambeth’s VCS organisations and volunteers immense contributions are recognised and celebrated through the Lambeth Civic Awards.
  • Maintaining and enhancing Lambeth’s award-winning parks and open spaces by overseeing the council’s £10 million parks capital investment plan and, working with the Deputy Leader (Sustainable Lambeth and Clean Air), delivering the Biodiversity Action Plan and Pollinator Action Plan.
  • Working with the Windrush generation to continue to campaign and fight for justice for all those impacted by the Government’s cruel hostile environment policies.
  • Celebrating our borough’s diversity, including leading on delivering the annual Windrush Day.
  • Overseeing leisure provision in Lambeth, including delivery of the Sports and Leisure and the Active Lambeth Strategy, ensuring residents are healthier and have ample access to leisure and sports opportunities.
  • Protecting and investing in our libraries and the borough’s archives.
  • Working with organisations in the borough’s thriving arts and cultural communities.
  • The council’s events strategy and reviewing the delivery of major events in the borough.
  • Chairing Lambeth’s Strategic Sports Partnership

Cabinet Members for Healthier Communities (job share) Councillor Nanda Manley-Browne and Councillor David Bridson

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Cllr Nanda Manley-Browne
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Cllr David Bridson

Councillors Bridson and Manley-Browne are responsible for working to ensure inclusive, effective and well-integrated public health and adult social services that are as joined-up as possible with the local NHS. Their strategic focus is to reduce health inequalities so that more residents enjoy longer, healthier and independent lives.

They are responsible for deepening integration between adult social care and health services to deliver more efficient and joined-up services and leading on how the council and its partners work together to improve outcomes and reduce health inequalities. They will lead on the administration’s manifesto commitment to make Lambeth an Age Friendly Borough, delivering on the recently adopted Age Friendly Strategy.

They are responsible for promoting public health in all polices, preventative healthcare, healthy lifestyles, preventing disease and improving general health. They will also be responsible for overseeing work to make the council’s decision-making processes more equitable and inclusive, taking account of the full range of protected characteristics.

Responsible for:

  • Statutory responsibility for adult social care of older people, people with disabilities and those with mental health issues.
  • Safeguarding and monitoring performance of all aspects of social care services for adults across the council and its partners.
  • Leading on the work to reduce health inequalities, as identified by the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment.
  • Public Health services and promoting public health in all policies.
  • Leading on the Pan-London HIV prevention programme and the Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham sexual health strategy.
  • Delivering the carers’ strategy to improve the quality of life, health and wellbeing of carers.
  • Integrating health and adult social care with NHS bodies.
  • Overseeing nationally directed changes to adult social care sectors.
  • Working collaboratively with partners on the provision of mental health services.
  • Supporting implementation of the Health and Wellbeing Strategy, supporting how the council and its partners work together to improve outcomes and reduce health inequalities, with particular attention to mental health.
  • Implementation of the council’s Strategy to address Food Poverty and continuing action to develop further our successful Food Partnership
  • Ensuring the council is effectively planning and delivering long-term care for people with disabilities, including those children who require support throughout their lives.
  • Oversight of substance misuse services and implementation of the suicide prevention strategy.
  • Leading efforts to support organisations and community groups to tackle loneliness and social isolation across the borough via the Lambeth Together Care Partnership and introduce a good neighbour befriending scheme to support older people and disabled people.
  • Oversee the implementation of Lambeth’s All Age Autism Strategy.
  • Leading Lambeth’s commitment to welcome refugees and those fleeing persecution, including asylum support, nationally directed refugee schemes and the administration’s commitment to becoming a Borough of Sanctuary.
  • Lead the development of the council’s Age Friendly Lambeth work.
  • Co-chair the Equity & Justice Panel, embedding equalities and anti-racism across council policies.

Deputy Cabinet Members

Councillor Irfan Mohammed

Deputy Cabinet Member for Economic Inclusion; reporting to Councillor Marcia Cameron

Responsible for:  

  • Working with both the Cabinet Member for Economic Inclusion and the Deputy Leader (Sustainable Lambeth and Clean Air) on strategies to drive local growth through the provision of seating, parklets and other public realm improvements to support the business operating environment.
  • Working closely on coordinating freight strategies, ensuring high streets and local businesses are well serviced and contributing to carbon reduction, economic and climate resilience.

Councillor Saleha Jaffer 

Deputy Cabinet Member for Stronger Communities; reporting to Councillor Donatus Anyanwu

Responsible for:  

  • Engagement with Lambeth’s faith communities and community groups, working with Councillor Anyanwu and the Leader of the Council ensuring all our communities feel confident in safe and equal access to our services and in contributing to a thriving borough.
  • To work with Lambeth’s faith communities and the council to ensure that key celebrations and events for Lambeth’s faith communities are reflected in the events programme and communications of the council.
  • To harness the power of our partnerships with community groups and faith communities by regular engagement with faith and community leaders to ensure the needs and potential contributions of our diverse communities are reflected in the work of the council.

Councillor Issa Issa

Deputy Cabinet Member for Planning Strategy, Investment and Housing Delivery; reporting to Councillor Danny Adilypour

Responsible for:  

  • Working with tenants and residents' associations and local councillors to ensure the voice of tenants and residents are at the heart of our work to improve housing in Lambeth.
  • Ensuring estate action plans which are focussed and deliverable are in place and delivered across the borough to drive up the quality of housing for Lambeth tenants and leaseholders.

Cllr Judith Cavanagh Deputy Cabinet Member for Finance 

Reporting to Cllr David Amos

Responsible for:

  • Deputising for the Cabinet Member for Finance as necessary and at his direction and specifically:
  • ensuring the council’s savings and income generation programme is delivered on time and on target.
  • Working with Cllr Amos on the development and delivery of an Asset Management Framework for the council’s assets

Policy Leads

The role of Policy Leads is to support the delivery of the council’s key priorities. They support policy development and implementation and underpin joint working at Cabinet level by engaging with external stakeholders and backbench councillors on key policy areas.

Cllr Diogo Costa Policy Lead for Digital, Data & Insight

Reporting to Cllr Fred Cowell and Cllr Jacqui Dyer

Responsible for:

  • Ensuring the councils approach to digital transformation is high quality, inclusive and improves the resident experience.
  • Identifying better ways to collect and utilise data to improve services.

Cllr John-Paul Ennis Policy Lead for Young People

Reporting to Cllr Ben Kind

Responsible for:

  • Working with Councillor Kind to review and improve youth services in Lambeth.
  • Supporting engagement with organisations in Lambeth who partner with the council to provide youth services.

Cllr Verity McGivern Policy Lead for Age Friendly Lambeth

Reporting to Cllr David Bridson and Cllr Nanda Manley-Browne

Responsible for:

  • Overseeing and ensuring the delivery of Lambeth’s newly adopted Age Friendly Strategy and Action Plan, working with services across the council to ensure a One Lambeth approach in its implementation.

Champions

Cllr Isla Wrathmell – Active Travel

Cllr Pauline George – Tackling Violence Affecting Young People Cllr Christine Banton – Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls Cllr Alison Inglis-Jones – Food Poverty

Cllr Joanne Simpson – Animal Welfare 

Cllr Sarina Da Silva – Connect to Work 

Cllr Ibtisam Adem – Financial Resilience

Elected committee positions

Planning - Joanne Simpson                                              

Planning (Vice-Chair) - Malcolm Clark                                               

Licensing (Chair) - David Robson                                                

Corporate Committee (Chair) - Rebecca Spencer                                              

Pensions Board - Linda Bray & Liam Daley                                                  

Pensions Ctte (chair) - Martin Bailey

Fostering & Adoption Panel - Sarah Cole       

Standards - Scarlett O’Hara

Overview & Scrutiny (Chair) - Liz Atkins

O&S (Vice Chair - Housing) - Joe Dharampal-Hornby

O&S (Vice Chair – Adult Social - Annie Gallop Care & Health)                                                    

O&S (Vice Chair – Children’s) - David Oxley