Putney’s first hustings: the claims that didn’t survive the evidence
Traffic dominated as residents confronted candidates three weeks before the vote.
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Lords pass Wimbledon Park amendment 162-55 as Liberal Democrats vote alone against
Wimbledon Park bill heads to Commons on 21 April after 162-55 vote.
Three men died at Wandsworth Prison within eight days
The ombudsman is investigating but has not published a cause for any of them.
‘High-quality services’ or ‘decades of stagnation’? The Conservatives’ record, checked
Every claim in the Conservatives' election manifesto, tested against the evidence.
Wandsworth spent public money to settle a café dispute. It won’t say how much.
Why did a cabinet member promise a new café if he knew nothing about the existing one?
The fish and chip shop, the dry cleaner, and the estate agents: what Putney has lost this spring
Not all closures look alike. A survey of six businesses that have disappeared from Putney and East Putney.
60 residents lost their homes in the Fox House fire. Wandsworth Council won’t release the safety records
Council took 55 working days to refuse request for inspection reports, a year after being warned about serious failings.
Roehampton and West Putney: your candidates face you on Wednesday. Put in your questions
Roehampton and West Putney hustings at Holy Trinity Church. 7pm. Eight questions from a year of investigations.
Who’s standing in your ward on 7 May? The full Wandsworth candidate list, searchable
295 candidates confirmed across 22 wards. Five parties contesting every seat for the first time.
New boss of Putney’s hospital group starts with visit to Queen Mary’s
Mat Shaw spent his first morning in Roehampton. The plan that will shape its future has still not been published.