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Southwark: what’s happening where you live

What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.

This page is built from official registers only; the council’s own publications have not been read yet, and every line below says so where that leaves a gap.

London Borough of Southwark: London borough (unitary), England, London; part of the GLA combined authority. GOV.UK lists it as a unitary council. ONS code E09000028.

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Do it online

The council’s own service pages as listed by GOV.UK’s Local Links Manager (Open Government Licence), refreshed weekly; the same list of everyday services, in the same order, for every council, in GOV.UK’s wording.

Housing

We haven't read this council's own publications yet. The council’s website

Transport

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Council tax

Band D set by Southwark for 2026–27: £1,456.75 of a £1,967.26 total bill in the area. MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 (Open Government Licence).

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Environment

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Education

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Changes to schools in this area recorded by the Department for Education Updated automatically

No school here is currently recorded as proposed to open or close.

In the last twelve months: 1 opened (1 new provision), 0 closed

Get Information about Schools, DfE’s register of every school in England, refreshed daily (Open Government Licence). The register’s own reason is shown: most closures and openings are a school becoming an academy, which changes who runs it, not whether it is there.

What the council plans to spend, 2026–27

The budget for each service, as Southwark reported it to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The same headings, in the same order, for every council in England.

Southwark: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
ServiceBudget
Education services£231.1 million
Highways and transport services£14.0 million
Children's social care£109.0 million
Adult social care£123.6 million
Public health£38.2 million
Housing services (general fund only)£46.0 million
Cultural and related services£20.1 million
Environmental and regulatory services£53.3 million
Planning and development services£13.0 million
Police servicesnone budgeted
Fire and rescue servicesnone budgeted
Central services£12.9 million
Other services£20.3 million
Total service expenditure£681.3 million

Net current expenditure: net of sales, fees and charges; spending funded by the NHS, such as through the Better Care Fund, is excluded.A minus figure means the service’s income is budgeted to be more than its spending. “None budgeted” usually means another body runs that service here. Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Revenue Account Budget 2026 to 2027, individual local authority data (part 1), updated 11 June 2026 (Open Government Licence).

Life in Southwark: the official facts

Facts about the people who live here: their pay, homes, health and more, from official statistics. They describe the place, not you, and every council gets the same list. Each shows when it was measured.

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Showing: Southwark.

People living here
312,366 people 30 June 2025 · Office for National StatisticsAn official estimate of everyone who lives in the area, in the middle of the year.
Typical age
33 years 30 June 2025 · Office for National StatisticsHalf the people who live here are younger than this and half are older.
Money to live on, per person, per year
£36,440 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage household income per person after taxes, with benefits added: what people have to spend or save.
Typical weekly pay, before tax
£846 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsFor employees who live here: half earn more than this each week, half earn less.
Children growing up in poverty
31.0% April 2024 to March 2025 · Department for Work and PensionsThe share of children under 16 in families on low incomes once housing costs are paid.
People claiming unemployment-related benefits
5.6% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsThe share of people aged 16 to 64 claiming Jobseeker's Allowance or Universal Credit while looking for work.
Average price of a home
£569,160 August 2026 · HM Land RegistryThe average price of a home here in the month shown.
How many years of pay a home costs
11.1 times yearly pay 1 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsA typical home's price divided by the typical yearly pay of people who live here.
Years in good health: women
62.7 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsHow many years a girl born here can expect to live in good health, at current rates.
Years in good health: men
62.6 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsHow many years a boy born here can expect to live in good health, at current rates.
Greenhouse gases, per person
2.6 tonnes per person 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroEmissions from the area in a year, shared out per resident, in tonnes of carbon dioxide or its equivalent.
Homes and businesses that can get the fastest broadband
90.3% 1 January 2026 · OfcomThe share of addresses that can get gigabit broadband (1,000 Mbps).
Public chargers for electric cars
617.9 per 100,000 people 1 July 2026 · Department for Transport, sourced from ZapmapPublic charging points at all speeds, for every 100,000 people.
Businesses trading here
17,235 businesses 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with sales or staff in the year.

More figures for Southwark from the ONS

Gathered by the Office for National Statistics in Explore Local Statistics (Open Government Licence), refreshed daily. Some figures aren’t published for every nation, so the list can be shorter outside England.

Who runs the council

This council’s area is covered by the Greater London Authority, with the Mayor of London.

63 seats in 2026. Run by: a coalition or arrangement of Greens and Liberal Democrats. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Labour Party 29, Green Party (E&W) 22, Liberal Democrats 12.

Next scheduled council election: 2 May 2030.

All 63 councillors, by ward
  • David Watson (Liberal Democrats) — Borough & Bankside
  • Hellen Benavides (Liberal Democrats) — Borough & Bankside
  • Victor Chamberlain (Liberal Democrats) — Borough & Bankside
  • Dora Dixon-Fyle (Labour Party) — Camberwell Green
  • James Moyse (Labour Party) — Camberwell Green
  • Jen Thornton (Labour Party) — Camberwell Green
  • Bill Williams (Labour Party) — Champion Hill
  • Sarah King (Labour Party) — Champion Hill
  • Felix Hamer (Green Party (E&W)) — Chaucer
  • Pascale Mitchell (Green Party (E&W)) — Chaucer
  • Suzanne Wise (Green Party (E&W)) — Chaucer
  • Janice White (Green Party (E&W)) — Dulwich Hill
  • Tori Griffiths (Labour Party) — Dulwich Hill
  • Margy Newens (Labour Party) — Dulwich Village
  • Richard Leeming (Labour Party) — Dulwich Village
  • Ruth Bannister (Labour Party) — Dulwich Wood
  • Sean Hannigan (Labour Party) — Dulwich Wood
  • Felicia Johnston (Labour Party) — Faraday
  • Mohamed Deen (Labour Party) — Faraday
  • Sasjkia Otto (Labour Party) — Faraday
  • Eloise Waldon-Day (Green Party (E&W)) — Goose Green
  • George Grime (Green Party (E&W)) — Goose Green
  • James McAsh (Green Party (E&W)) — Goose Green
  • David Noakes (Liberal Democrats) — London Bridge & West Bermondsey
  • Sam Dalton (Labour Party) — London Bridge & West Bermondsey
  • Selena Gray (Labour Party) — London Bridge & West Bermondsey
  • John Batteson (Labour Party) — Newington
  • Leigh Richman (Labour Party) — Newington
  • Natasha Ennin (Labour Party) — Newington
  • Francesco Guerrieri (Liberal Democrats) — North Bermondsey
  • Patrickson Obanya (Liberal Democrats) — North Bermondsey
  • Rachel Bentley (Liberal Democrats) — North Bermondsey
  • Rebecca Corn (Green Party (E&W)) — North Walworth
  • Sam Foster (Green Party (E&W)) — North Walworth
  • Vanessa Threadgold (Green Party (E&W)) — North Walworth
  • Catherine Dawkins (Green Party (E&W)) — Nunhead & Queen's Road
  • Claire Sheppard (Green Party (E&W)) — Nunhead & Queen's Road
  • Richard Taylor (Green Party (E&W)) — Nunhead & Queen's Road
  • Alexandra Austin (Green Party (E&W)) — Old Kent Road
  • Evelyn Akoto (Labour Party) — Old Kent Road
  • Richard Livingstone (Labour Party) — Old Kent Road
  • Dean Peters (Green Party (E&W)) — Peckham
  • Ryan Cox (Green Party (E&W)) — Peckham
  • Sabina Emmanuel (Labour Party) — Peckham
  • Renata Hamvas (Labour Party) — Peckham Rye
  • Victoria Mills (Labour Party) — Peckham Rye
  • Colin Boyle (Green Party (E&W)) — Rotherhithe
  • Kath Whittam (Green Party (E&W)) — Rotherhithe
  • Stephanie Cryan (Labour Party) — Rotherhithe
  • Esme Dobson (Labour Party) — Rye Lane
  • Jasmine Ali (Labour Party) — Rye Lane
  • Reginald Popoola (Green Party (E&W)) — Rye Lane
  • Andy Bates (Labour Party) — South Bermondsey
  • Fatmata Bah (Labour Party) — South Bermondsey
  • Sunny Lambe (Labour Party) — South Bermondsey
  • Graham Neale (Liberal Democrats) — St George's
  • Lina Usma (Liberal Democrats) — St George's
  • Andy Higson (Green Party (E&W)) — St Giles
  • Callum Fowler (Green Party (E&W)) — St Giles
  • Rachael Penny (Green Party (E&W)) — St Giles
  • Adam Hood (Liberal Democrats) — Surrey Docks
  • Jane Salmon (Liberal Democrats) — Surrey Docks
  • Richard Macmillan (Liberal Democrats) — Surrey Docks

Each councillor’s register of interests is on the council’s own website; we have not yet located the page. Councillors from Open Council Data as recorded after the May 2026 elections; a by-election since then may have changed one seat. Attendance and allowances are not shown.

This council’s meeting papers are not yet read automatically, so decisions and motions are not listed here; they are on the council’s website.

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