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A convicted fraudster has been ordered to pay Lambeth Council more than £80,000 in compensation over unlawful payments for carers who never carried out any work for him.

Lambeth Council has welcomed the Government’s Budget as an essential first step on the road to rebuilding Britain’s under-pressure front-line services.

Providing social housing is one of the most important things we do as local councils - but the demand for our services has risen to unprecedented levels.

Lambeth is seizing back scores of fraudulently rented council homes, as part of its drive to increase the number of properties available for people who need a roof above...

Lambeth Council has agreed a balanced budget for the coming year - and committed to “doing all it can to protect front line services”, in the face of a...

Services in Lambeth will face further savings over the next few years because the Government’s funding deal fell far short of the fair settlement demanded by councils across the...

Lambeth has blocked fraudulent attempts to purchase properties worth nearly £2m under the Right to Buy scheme - and seized back hundreds of council homes where tenants have falsely...

A Birmingham man has been given a suspended prison sentence and ordered to carry out 150 hours of unpaid work after he admitted falsely claiming tens of thousands of...