Steve Reed (politician)
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Councillor Steve Reed is a Labour Party
councillor for Brixton Hill Ward and has been Leader of Lambeth Council since May 2006 when Lambeth was the only council in the country Labour won back from opposition. He led his party to a second successive election victory in May 2010 with an increased majority over the Conservative
s and Liberal Democrats
, the first time any administration in Lambeth has been re-elected since 1990.
Under Reed’s leadership Lambeth moved from a one-star rating in the Audit Commission
’s annual inspection in 2006/7 to a three-star rating in 2008/9 making Lambeth the fastest-improving council in the country.
Reed holds a number of other significant positions in local government. He is:
In May 2010 Steve Reed launched a consultation on plans to turn Lambeth into the country’s first co-operative council intending to deliver better services more cost-effectively by giving more control to communities and service users, reported in The Guardian
newspaper as a possible new model for Labour in local government.
The final report of Lambeth Council’s Cooperative Council Commission laid out the plans for achieving this objective and Lambeth Council is now putting a transformation plan into effect.
Reed was named one of the three most influential council leaders in the country by the Local Government Chronicle in 2011 and was the highest-ranked Labour politician in the 2010 Pink List compiled by the Independent on Sunday.
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
councillor for Brixton Hill Ward and has been Leader of Lambeth Council since May 2006 when Lambeth was the only council in the country Labour won back from opposition. He led his party to a second successive election victory in May 2010 with an increased majority over the Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
s and Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrats
The Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the...
, the first time any administration in Lambeth has been re-elected since 1990.
Under Reed’s leadership Lambeth moved from a one-star rating in the Audit Commission
Audit Commission
The Audit Commission is a public corporation in the United Kingdom.The Commission’s primary objective is to improve economy, efficiency and effectiveness in local government, housing and the health service, directly through the audit and inspection process and also through value for money...
’s annual inspection in 2006/7 to a three-star rating in 2008/9 making Lambeth the fastest-improving council in the country.
Reed holds a number of other significant positions in local government. He is:
- Deputy Leader of Local Government Labour, an association representing Labour councillors nationally
- Deputy Chairman of the Local Government Association
- London Councils Board Member for Children’s Services and Employment
- Chairman of Central London Forward, a lobbying group representing five inner-London boroughs
- A board member representing London’s boroughs on the London Enterprise Partnership
- Co-Chair of the Vauxhall-Nine Elms-Battersea regeneration board, which oversees the biggest regeneration project in London after the Olympics
- Chairman of the London Young People’s Education and Skills Board
- Steve Reed also served as a member of the London Board of the Homes and Communities Agency between 2009-11.
In May 2010 Steve Reed launched a consultation on plans to turn Lambeth into the country’s first co-operative council intending to deliver better services more cost-effectively by giving more control to communities and service users, reported in The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
newspaper as a possible new model for Labour in local government.
The final report of Lambeth Council’s Cooperative Council Commission laid out the plans for achieving this objective and Lambeth Council is now putting a transformation plan into effect.
Reed was named one of the three most influential council leaders in the country by the Local Government Chronicle in 2011 and was the highest-ranked Labour politician in the 2010 Pink List compiled by the Independent on Sunday.