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South London council's claim of tax freeze may 'mislead' residents, UKSA warns

While the authority froze its ‘core’ council tax, the overall bill for residents rose by roughly 3%

Evening Standard

Labour council warned of ‘potential to mislead’ taxpayers over frozen tax claim

The UK Statistics Authority has written to Wandsworth Council about the claim it is freezing council tax for the fourth consecutive year.

Evening Standard

Digested week: It’s been a rough year – so thank you to our politicians for giving me plenty to write about

I’ve lost count of the number of sketches I wrote from the chemo ward as Jill went through the hell of cancer treatment

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Revealed: Ministers plot £150 'stealth' rise in council tax in London boroughs

The Conservatives are accusing the Government of ‘burying’ the proposed tax increase in the small print of local government funding reforms

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Battersea Power Station set for 200 new council homes in £9bn transformation

The new homes are part of a drive to provide more affordable housing in south London

Evening Standard

£1million redesign of junctions by Putney Bridge branded a 'disaster'

Residents claim expensive project has wreaked havoc on their lives

Evening Standard

Surge in Londoners falling and tripping in icy weather as fury mounts over ungritted pavements

Residents criticised councils’ winter preparations as sub-zero temperatures are set to return to the capital

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Plans for 29-storey Battersea tower opposed by Mick Jagger to go to public inquiry as developer fights refusal

Developer appeals council’s decision to reject planning permission for huge tower opposed by host of celebrities

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London council starts issuing speeding fines to cyclists

Parks and Events police have been handing out £50 fines to cyclists who break a speed limit in Tooting Bec Common

Evening Standard

More than 200 new council homes to be built at Battersea Power Station

There are currently around 9,500 households on the housing waiting list in Wandsworth

Evening Standard

Major south London train station to be transformed in bid to tackle overcrowding

Wandsworth Council has shortlisted three options to improve Clapham Junction station, one of the UK’s busiest

Evening Standard

What are asylum seekers entitled to while awaiting a decision?

Claims about what asylum seekers are entitled to can be exaggerated.

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What asylum seekers are entitled to while awaiting decisions on their cases

Disinformation often surrounds the level of help asylum seekers are given when they arrive in the UK

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Controversial plans to convert decades-old London department store into hotel approved

Local residents have voiced opposition to the Tooting Broadway project

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Residents in south London flat blocks say they are 'living in hell' amid bug infestation

Bed bugs and ants have infested a number of flat blocks in the area, as have cockroaches and mice in the past

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Dolly Parton's little known charitable connection to Wandsworth

The Hollywood star’s charitable endeavors reach as far as the UK

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The moving story behind this newly protected tree in London suburb

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Why this rare tree in London is now protected under law

‘Beloved’ grapefruit tree growing in Battersea issued with Tree Preservation Order

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Wandsworth unveils 'growth plan' which could see 14,000 new homes in next decade

The scheme includes plans for 8,400 new homes in Nine Elms, 3,000 more homes in Clapham Junction and 3,000 extra homes in Wandsworth Town

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I’m 91 and have cancer but a London council let me live in a soaking, mouldy flat for a year

Wandsworth refused to class a repair to damage from a water leak as an ‘emergency’

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South London street market and al fresco hotspot is here to stay, council announces

Totterdown Street Market in Wandsworth has been redesigned to make it a permanent south London fixture

Evening Standard

London’s only heliport objects to plans to build giant 35-storey tower next door

Wandsworth Council is considering developer Heliport London Ltd’s proposals to build the tower in Battersea

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'Excessive' Battersea riverside tower block plans rejected by councillors

Councillors voted unanimously to refuse planning permission for the development at a Wandsworth council planning meeting held on Thursday

Evening Standard

The battle for Battersea: decision looms for controversial riverfront high-rise

Residents fear the excessive height and scale of the proposed 29-storey block will set a precedent for other riverfront towers

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The great affordable housing robbery: promised home numbers shrink across London

The number of new affordable home starts in London dropped by 88 per cent last year

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