Council tax, then a mansion tax. Now council tenants face a second rent rise
An extra £1 a week from April 2027, then £2 a week more every year
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Residents’ associations raise estates’ concerns with the council. New plans would make tenants apply instead
Wandsworth wants borough-wide groups organised by topic, with seats for those who apply and are selected
Council tenant forced to pay back £65,000 in illegal rent
A handful of fraud investigators cover 17,353 council homes, and the time they spend looking is being cut
Home worth £1.5m? The mansion tax may be heading your way
It would cost at least £2,500 a year, on top of a planned 94% council tax rise
She had no heating. It was December. The council took four months to visit
The £250 only covers uncertainty about whether her home was suitable, not the winter she spent without heat
Alton estate garages torn down for flats, no replacements
Bessborough Road and Farnborough House are the latest sites in a habit going back more than two decades
Wandsworth ruled her home unfit in 2023. It left her there.
The deadline Wandsworth was given to put it right has already passed
Brickwood Cafe to close in October, replaced by flats
Two upstairs neighbours are applying to extend into the vacated café space once Brickwood closes in October
Wandsworth scraps 253 council homes as new cabinet meets tonight
Cabinet also cuts children's food vouchers; the 4.99% plus £150 council tax rise isn't decided until September
Back to the drawing board – yet again – for the Alton Estate
Planned demolition will move ahead but the rest of the plans are up for debate all over again.