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
Conservatives set to freeze Council Tax again 19th February 2015 Conservative-controlled Wandsworth Council is set to freeze Council Tax for a second year in a row at a Full Council meeting next month. Local News
Thank you for the Support 13th January 2015 Thank you for the support! All three of our candidates enjoyed huge support, both from the electorate and from local activists. Local membership is surging... Local News
Local Councillor secures £10,000 grant for the Battersea Summer Scheme 10th November 2014 Local business woman and St Mary's Park ward Councillor Melanie Hampton has successfully nominated the Battersea Summer Scheme for Aviva Insurances 'Broker... Local News
New powers to limit betting shop numbers welcomed 28th April 2014 Wandsworth Conservatives have welcomed the government's plans to give local councils more powers to curb the clustering of bookmakers on Britain's high streets. Local News
Pedestrian crossing for St John's Hill 28th March 2014 Local councillors have been campaigning with residents and commuters for a pedestrian crossing on St John's Hill close to the Brighton Yard entrance into the... Local News
Bolingbroke secured for community use 26th March 2014 Building works are nearing completion at the former Bolingbroke Hospital site. A state funded secondary school, the Bolingbroke Academy, opened there in autumn... Local News
Regenerating Tooting High Street 26th March 2014 Building is underway at 181-207 Tooting High Street. Replacing the car showrooms and Carpet Right, the mixed use redevelopment comprises flats and non... Local News
Residents welcome 'Boris Bikes' scheme 25th March 2014 Following the campaign to bring 'Boris Bikes' to Wandsworth, run by Jane Ellison MP and local councillors, Mayor of London Boris Johnson came to Fairfield ward... Local News
Conservative Party Conference 2020: Day 4 6th October 2020 This Government is working night and day to repel coronavirus. And we'll succeed due to the energy and self-sacrifice of the British people. And as we recover... National News
Boris Johnson: Read the Prime Minister’s Keynote Speech in full 6th October 2020 Prime Minister Boris Johnson on how the Conservative Party will get us to Build Back Better from coronavirus and how he will be leading a green industrial... National News
Conservative Party Conference 2020: Day 3 5th October 2020 Top stories from Conservative Party Conference 2020 Day 3 (5th October), including Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, on the source of hope for society... National News
Rishi Sunak: Read the Chancellor’s Keynote Speech in full 5th October 2020 Chancellor Rishi Sunak on how the Conservative Party has supported the economy through coronavirus and how he will be supporting us to build back better. National News
Conservative Party Conference 2020: Day 2 4th October 2020 Top stories from Conservative Party Conference 2020 Day 2 (4th October), including Home Secretary Priti Patel on fixing our broken asylum system; and Prime... National News
Priti Patel: Fixing our broken asylum system 4th October 2020 Home Secretary Priti Patel on fixing our broken asylum system, law and order, policing, and being firm but fair so that the system caters for those in greatest... National News
