P1971, a well said and painfully relevant question at the start of your last post....

In light of that question, if anyone is still in any doubt, the amount of cuts Lewisham are being forced/are choosing to make, from the LBL website:

"We need to save a further £83million by 2020 as Government continues to reduce the Council's funding."

Have a look at this (warning: headache inducing), if you want to get a bit of insight into how the funding of local govt is actually structured.
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/sy..._Guide.pdf

This is the thing that the Tories have slashed which is most seriously affecting inner London and poorer regional boroughs more than those that are more, errrm, wealthy, and (probably) TORY run!

Hmmmm...