Councillor Laura Johnson

Overview & Scrutiny Committee - Thursday 11 December 2025 6.30 pm

The Overview & Scrutiny Committee is scheduled to discuss the council's budget, the cost of living crisis, and the annual workforce report. The committee will also review its work programme for the coming year.

Ordinary meeting, Council Assembly - Wednesday 12 November 2025 7.00 pm

Southwark Council Assembly met to discuss resident's rights, ethical investments, and local funding, among other items. The council approved changes to its committee structure and investment strategy, and reappointed an independent advisor. Motions were passed regarding fairer funding, ethical investments, improvements to Peckham Rye Station, and Thames Water.

Overview & Scrutiny Committee - Tuesday 11 November 2025 6.30 pm

The Overview & Scrutiny Committee was scheduled to meet on 11 November 2025 to discuss a call-in request regarding the Asylum Road Care Home, and to review the committee's work programme. The committee was also scheduled to review the minutes from their previous meeting.

Overview & Scrutiny Committee - Wednesday 8 October 2025 6.30 pm

The Overview & Scrutiny Committee were scheduled to meet to discuss community safety, major works on the Chilton Grove Estate, and responses to recommendations arising from scrutiny of major works on the Consort Estate. They were also scheduled to discuss and agree annual work programmes for the Overview & Scrutiny Committee and its commissions for the 2025/26 municipal year.

Ordinary meeting, Council Assembly - Wednesday 9 July 2025 7.00 pm

At a meeting of the Southwark Council Assembly, Councillor Sarah King was elected as the new Leader of the Council, and the cabinet will remain unchanged at present. Councillors debated a motion on community safety, and also discussed motions relating to welfare cuts, making space for girls in parks, a tourist tax, and limiting gambling premises. The assembly also approved a waiver for Councillor Maggie Browning's attendance due to maternity leave, and reviewed the Treasury Management Outturn report for 2024-25.