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In January 2026 the cleaners were summarily sacked.  Apparently they had not been paid for months and were owed somewhere in the region of £150,000.  One of the Gas Engineers had also not been paid.

LEMB subcontracts to the company Tristar1, run by the infamous Ronnie Diton who Sade ostensibly took off the estate when it was found that he had a criminal record for fleecing pensioners.  But Sade hadn’t removed him, just hidden him from sight, using him as an intermediary company.  Promises of payment to the cleaners were made but not kept as they struggled to go through Christmas and pay their rent with no money coming in.  One wonders what kind of tendering procedures LEMB has to employ the services of this man.

In January 2026 a fire erupted at Kettleby House. Four children were taken to hospital and two flats have been gutted We ask whether LEMB knows how to manage Health and Safety following the bombshell revelation that they had stored 6 barrels of a highly flammable solvent, Xylene, in the “Community Centre/Shipping Company HQ” – a toxic chemical that endangered the whole building – Lambeth Council H&S bungled their intervention and tipped them off they were coming to inspect and LEMB removed the barrels before them and the Fire Brigade arrived.

Adding to the fire risk we have discovered E-bikes being stored inappropriately, and for many months in Woolley House, instead of repairing or replacing a fire door, they simply ripped it out.

We will be talking about fire safety as one aspect of the terrible management of the estate at our public meeting on the 9th February.

To add insult to injury, Sade reports that her Health and Safety Operative is “almost overqualifed” and is accredited by the British Pest Control Association. LEMB is not affiliated to them in any way so this is more than stretching the truth.

Bizarre letter turns heads

LEMB sent a dramatic estate-wide letter (dated 14 November) to residents, signed by its chair Peter Shorinwa, invoking “the devil” and accusing London Borough of Lambeth Council of causing “anarchy”.

  • The letter suggested that residents might face violence (“stab­bings or gunshots”) and asserted that a local campaign group Loughborough Voices was “created by Lambeth”.
  • The letter was issued as LEMB was under intense scrutiny: it had narrowly avoided an HMRC winding-up petition and faced a council-ordered audit.
  • The audit (mandated by Lambeth after years of complaints about estate conditions, repairs and governance) must be shared with residents before any continuation ballot on the estate can proceed. In Feb 2025, 68% of residents voted to end LEMB’s role, but LEMB declared the vote invalid due to its own procedural errors.
  • Residents and campaigners expressed concern that LEMB intended to hold its postponed AGM via Zoom – which they believe could hinder accountability and modify or block any vote of no confidence.
  • The article raises concerns about the legitimacy of LEMB’s AGM and the council’s role in ensuring rigorous oversight.