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
Jeremy Corbyn’s policy of continuing free movement with the EU would cost over £4 billion in benefits 27th November 2019 New analysis has revealed that Jeremy Corbyn’s plan to continue free movement with EU countries would cost DWP over £4 billion in extra benefit costs over the... National News
Boris Johnson: Poor mobile phone signal will be a thing of the past 27th November 2019 The scourge of poor mobile phone signal in rural areas will be a thing of the past under bold new plans to be fast tracked in the first 100 days of a... National News
New national vaccination reminder system to boost childhood vaccination rates 27th November 2019 A Conservative majority government will introduce a national vaccination reminder system to boost childhood vaccination rates. National News
Tax hikes for the many – new report reveals millions face tax hikes under Labour 26th November 2019 A new official report released by the Conservative Party today, The Twelve Taxes of Labour, shows Labour’s manifesto would mean taxes rising for millions of... National News
Jeremy Corbyn's plan to hold two referendums will take up the whole of 2020 and will cost over £150m 26th November 2019 New analysis has revealed that Jeremy Corbyn’s plan to hold two referendums in 2020 will take until September 2020 at the very earliest, and that the cost will... National News
Conservatives ask Labour - will you get Brexit done? 25th November 2019 Conservative candidates across the country have today written to their Labour opponents asking them to confirm where they stand on Brexit and whether they will... National News