Labour run Wandsworth Council refuses to support vulnerable residents Wednesday, 23 October, 2024 Labour controlled Wandsworth Council have refused to support low income pensioners struggling with the loss of their Winter Fuel Payments. As a result of the changes to Winter Fuel Payments announced by the Chancellor Rachel Reeves, only pensioners in receipt of means-tested benefits, like Pension Credit, will continue to receive payments. This has been criticised by organisations such as Age UK... Local News
Battersea Conservatives to select their next MP candidate this Friday 26th November 2018 BATTERSEA CONSERVATIVES TO CHOOSE FROM A SHORTLIST OF THREE Battersea Conservatives are all set to choose their next parliamentary candidate at a Special... Local News
Councillors confirm supervised stay and play to remain at the Tooting Triangle 26th November 2018 Councillors have given their backing to far reaching proposals to improve the sports and leisure facilities at the Tooting Triangle and confirmed that organised... Local News
Call for Mayor and TfL to give ‘firm and unambiguous’ commitment to no more delays on one way system revamp 21st November 2018 The council’s transport spokesman is calling for firm and unambiguous reassurances from the Mayor and TfL that they are serious about carrying out the long... Local News
Safeguard the future of children’s play activities at the Tooting Triangle. 19th November 2018 Councillors in Wandsworth will be asked later this week to give their backing to ambitious proposals to improve sports and leisure facilities on Tooting Common... Local News
Residents in Nightingale ward can have their say on local services 16th November 2018 Residents living in Nightingale ward will be able to raise issues of local concern with senior councillors and town hall officials at a special feedback session... Articles
Council's rallying cry to ‘Keep the 19 bus route in Battersea’ 16th November 2018 Wandsworth Council has written to TfL in a bid to get it to reverse a proposal to axe a popular bus route. The number 19 bus runs from Battersea Bridge Road to... Articles
Chancellor’s cash boost for town centres welcomed 1st November 2018 Wandsworth Council leader Ravi Govindia has welcomed the Chancellor’s announcement in The Budget that high streets and town centres are to get a £1.5 billion... Local News
Mayor of Wandsworth calls on residents to wear their poppy with pride 31st October 2018 The Mayor of Wandsworth Cllr Piers McCausland is urging residents to please give generously to this year's Poppy Appeal. This year’s Remembrance Sunday... Local News
Wandsworth becomes first London borough to see 50 per cent of homes on estates given access to full-fibre broadband 29th October 2018 Wandsworth Council has been named as the first local authority in London to offer 50 per cent of its council owned properties access to full fibre broadband... Local News
Vote on Thursday to break the gridlock 10th December 2019 Two days before polling day, the Prime Minister is taking nothing for granted - whilst the Conservatives only need to gain 9 seats to get an overall majority... National News
Cost of Corbyn: Labour's plans for 108 new taxpayer funded quangos revealed 10th December 2019 New analysis shows that Labour’s manifesto commits to creating over 100 new quangos, with a total cost of £13.2 billion over the next five years. National News
Brexit, actually 9th December 2019 Boris Johnson's funny election advert parodies Love Actually but makes an important point: this election is too close to call. National News
Revealed: Labour’s plan to make our streets less safe 9th December 2019 Labour’s opposition to stop and search would increase crime on our streets, putting frontline officers and communities at risk. National News
Sport investment will get us ready for the World Cup bid 7th December 2019 A Conservative Majority Government will put a £550 million investment in grassroots football at the centre of its plans to back a UK and Ireland World Cup 2030... National News
Jeremy Corbyn’s plans to rig a second EU referendum 6th December 2019 The Prime Minister has written a letter urging Jeremy Corbyn to reconsider his Brexit policy and his plans to fiddle Labour’s second Brexit referendum. National News
