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Disability benefits cuts at Westminster

Lewisham campaigners protest disability benefit cuts, while Greenwich councillor Anning leaves Labour

Lewisham Save Our NHS were outside parliament to protest Labour's cuts. In Greenwich, Cllr Anning said she can no longer support a party that "takes vital funds from the disabled."

Bike shuttle bus with blue branding and woman with cargo bike

Tfl offers free buses and bike shuttle bus through Silvertown tunnel

Tfl announced that travel on routes 108, 129 and SL4, and a shuttle bus for cyclists will be free for one year. But commercial cargo bikes are too big for the shuttle, while London Cycling Campaign calls the offer "greenwashing".

Zack Polanski, Deputy leader of Green Party, Councillor Hau-Yu Tam and Green party supporters at Lewisham Civic suite

Councillor Hau-Yu Tam joins Green Party, bringing Greens back onto Lewisham council

Councillor Tam represents Evelyn ward, North Deptford. She left Labour in July 2024, over her support for Palestine.

Forecourt of Lewisham DLR station

Students vs the housing crisis: "I put up with it until my body gave up"

Student journalist Lola Coker finds Lewisham students struggling to afford housing. London Renters Union says there are overlaps between students, social renting and private rented communities in the barriers they face.

Packed up artists studio, objects covered in plastic sheeting

After the flood - artists at Creekside, Deptford mop up

Artists' studios have been flooded, yet again. The water level of the creek is rising. People who live and work near the water see the fingerprints of climate change.

Underground train at night

Tfl raise fares by 4.6% - but Fare Free London want them brought down to zero

"Tfl fares hike will hit low-income households hardest," says Pearl Ahrens of Fare Free London. The campaigning group is calling for free public transport for all Londoners.

Aerial view of the tunnel approach

Silvertown tunnel to open 7th April - locals brace for "HGVs ploughing through our roads"

The twin-bore tunnel runs under the Thames between north Greenwich and Newham, and will bring up to 30,000 additional vehicles a day to the area. It offers a new route for HGVs to cross southeast and east London.