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
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
