Residents invited to help run Lambeth as co-operative Council

In one riposte to the Big Savings Question Lambeth Council today unveiled radical plans for a so-called John Lewis authority in which locals who help run services could qualify for a council tax rebate.

A key impetus to the new model was the prospect of swingeing funding cuts, said the council leader, Steve Reed, which left Lambeth – one of the UK's most deprived areas – facing unpalatable options including reduced services or council tax rises.

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