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
LABOUR-RUN WANDSWORTH COUNCIL CLOSES BROADWATER SCHOOL IN TOOTING 30th September 2022 Wandsworth Labour have voted to close Broadwater School in Tooting The proposals allow Paddock School to move to the Broadwater site, freeing space at the... Articles
Residents see red as Labour cancels al fresco shopping and dining on Northcote Road 23rd September 2022 Under previous Conservative control, Wandsworth Council ran the popular summer weekend pedestrianisation scheme on Northcote Road for two years, before setting... Local News
100 days of Labour in Wandsworth by Cllr William Sweet (Leader of the Conservative opposition on Wandsworth Council) 13th August 2022 It’s now been 100 days since Labour took control of Wandsworth Council. It’s been a lesson in how quickly a Labour administration can unravel 44 years of good... Local News
Parliamentary Candidate Selections (Autumn 2022) 9th August 2022 The 3 Wandsworth Conservative Associations of Putney, Battersea and Tooting are currently in the process of selecting their candidates to stand for parliament... Local News
Labour set to cut Wandsworth's buses 4th August 2022 Mayor Sadiq Khan and Labour controlled Transport for London (TfL) are proposing to scrap a number of routes across London including those serving Putney... Local News
Wandsworth Labour Back The Strikes That Cost Our Economy £1bn 23rd June 2022 Families and businesses are struggling with global cost of living pressures. Wandsworth Labour’s response? To back the biggest rail strikes in Britain since... Local News
Local Conservatives Candidate Jonathan Iliff to stand in Tooting Broadway By-Election 17th June 2022 See Jonathan's e-mail to local residents below: Following the recent sad death of Tooting Broadway Councillor, Andy Gibbons, a by-election will be taking place... Local News
A message from Ravi Govindia following the local elections 17th May 2022 Wandsworth now has a Labour council for the first time in 44 years. There are likely to be some big, and potentially unsettling changes. In opposition we will... Local News
Wandsworth Conservatives Cut Council Tax 24th February 2022 Last night, Conservative councillors on Wandsworth's Finance Committee have voted to maintain Wandsworth's record of setting the lowest Council Tax in the... Local 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
Conservative Party Conference 2020: Day 1 3rd October 2020 Top stories from Conservative Party Conference 2020 Day 1 (3rd October), including: better transport, "Generation Buy", new Conservative HQ in Leeds, and... National News
We have launched our Blue Wall Fund 3rd October 2020 We have launched a new "Blue Wall Fund" to deliver for people in the North who voted for change in the historic 2019 election victory. National News
