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DARK SECRETS: Wandsworth council | Rare Historical Photos

London borough 'plotting Britain's highest ever council tax rise with bills soaring by up to 160%'

Wandsworth Council is proposing to raise resident bills by as much as 160% following Government cuts

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London council rejects funding bid to keep Hammersmith Bridge open to pedestrians

Wandsworth Council wrote to Hammersmith and Fulham Council stating it could not support the bid for essential repairs to the bridge as it fell short of what residents and businesses wanted to see

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Designer unveils plans to replace Wandsworth's famous roundabout 'pretzel' with wooden sculpture

Plans to replace the ‘pretzel’ with a new timber structure have sparked outrage from residents

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London council pays £6,000 to disabled woman left in inadequate home for more than two years

Payout comes after Wandsworth Council criticised by ombudsman for failing to secure woman alternative accommodation

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Residents left fuming by south London fly-tipping hotspot

Neighbours said the unauthorised use of the site causes the bins to overflow, with waste piling up around them, which attracts vermin and has become a health hazard

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Residents upset at London Underground bridge getting £600,000 'IKEA paint job'

The bridge’s new bright colours have seen it compared to the Swedish furniture brand

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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%

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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.

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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

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

Residents claim expensive project has wreaked havoc on their lives

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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

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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

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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

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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

Evening Standard

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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