Lib Dems Back Greens to Lead Lambeth Ahead of Watershed Committee System Vote, 1 June 2026

Lib Dems back Greens to lead Lambeth ahead of watershed committee system vote, 1 June 2026

Lambeth’s Greens and Lib Dems have agreed to work together to end the borough’s cabinet system, with the Lib Dems set to back Cllr Martin Abrams as Leader of the Council ahead of the 1 June committee system vote. As we reported yesterday, the Extraordinary Meeting of the Council on 1 June will consider a single resolution: to abolish Lambeth’s cabinet system of governance and return the borough to a committee system, ending nearly three decades…

Lambeth: Green-Lib Dem deal set to end Labour rule

Green and Liberal Democrats councillors in Lambeth have struck a surprise political deal that looks set to end Labour control of the borough and see the re-introduction of running the local authority through councillor committees, which the parties say would lead to more scrutiny and better decision-making. The deal appears to have brought to an end two weeks of intense behind-the-scenes discussions about who should run the council, after no par…