The Smoke — BoroughsEvery story filed by Alfie Dunn, who covers council chambers in Southwark, Lambeth and Haringey.https://thesmoke.london/en-gbSouthwark approved £62.7m of electrical work more than two years after it beganhttps://thesmoke.london/story/2026-08-14-southwark-approved-62-7m-of-electrical-work-more-than-two-ye/https://thesmoke.london/story/2026-08-14-southwark-approved-62-7m-of-electrical-work-more-than-two-ye/Two more contracts, in Lambeth, are due for approval on 20 August after starting in June and July.Fri, 14 Aug 2026 19:00:35 GMTBoroughsSouthwark is due to extend expired adaptations contracts for the third time since 2024https://thesmoke.london/story/2026-08-14-southwark-is-due-to-extend-expired-adaptations-contracts-for/https://thesmoke.london/story/2026-08-14-southwark-is-due-to-extend-expired-adaptations-contracts-for/The council told its audit committee in November that it was strengthening contract exit planning so the situation would not arise again.Fri, 14 Aug 2026 17:40:39 GMTBoroughsSouthwark hands £7m SEND bus contract to HATS without tender for a second timehttps://thesmoke.london/story/2026-08-14-southwark-hands-7m-send-bus-contract-to-hats-without-tender/https://thesmoke.london/story/2026-08-14-southwark-hands-7m-send-bus-contract-to-hats-without-tender/The estimated annual cost rises to £3.5m, from £3.3m under the 2023 contract.Fri, 14 Aug 2026 11:04:51 GMTBoroughsSouthwark is due to consult on moving Beormund School, 15 months into a £14.9m buildhttps://thesmoke.london/story/2026-08-14-southwark-is-due-to-consult-on-moving-beormund-school-15-mon/https://thesmoke.london/story/2026-08-14-southwark-is-due-to-consult-on-moving-beormund-school-15-mon/The construction record places the school's new building at the former Bellenden School site; the consultation notice names no destination.Fri, 14 Aug 2026 09:18:25 GMTBoroughsLambeth is due to approve a £5.675m SEND bus extension that began on 1 Julyhttps://thesmoke.london/story/2026-08-14-lambeth-is-due-to-approve-a-5-675m-send-bus-extension-that-b/https://thesmoke.london/story/2026-08-14-lambeth-is-due-to-approve-a-5-675m-send-bus-extension-that-b/Five and a half years of the council's decisions register carry no award of the contract being extended.Fri, 14 Aug 2026 08:06:14 GMTBoroughsLambeth lines up its own votes for Vauxhall BID and leaves the proposal unpublishedhttps://thesmoke.london/story/2026-08-14-lambeth-lines-up-its-own-votes-for-vauxhall-bid-and-leaves-t/https://thesmoke.london/story/2026-08-14-lambeth-lines-up-its-own-votes-for-vauxhall-bid-and-leaves-t/The council last published a BID's own proposal alongside a ballot decision in 2021.Fri, 14 Aug 2026 06:05:15 GMTBoroughsHaringey corrects the named supplier on its £19.76m gas contract after 29 monthshttps://thesmoke.london/story/2026-08-14-haringey-corrects-the-named-supplier-on-its-19-76m-gas-contr/https://thesmoke.london/story/2026-08-14-haringey-corrects-the-named-supplier-on-its-19-76m-gas-contr/A second correction three days earlier changed the operator's name on the council's four-year dockless bike concession.Fri, 14 Aug 2026 04:05:22 GMTBoroughsSouthwark awards £908,717 Surrey Docks heat contract, third in £6.1m programmehttps://thesmoke.london/story/2026-08-14-southwark-awards-908-717-surrey-docks-heat-contract-third-in/https://thesmoke.london/story/2026-08-14-southwark-awards-908-717-surrey-docks-heat-contract-third-in/Two earlier contracts, worth £5.2m between them, went to a different firm and took effect on 11 August.Fri, 14 Aug 2026 03:28:14 GMTBoroughs