Wandsworth’s new Conservative leader outlines first steps – and the deal that made them possible
£137m gap that reserves cannot cover drives immediate hiring freeze and billion-pound borrowing review.
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Wandsworth offered £29m bailout for SEND crisis but still faces massive costs
Even if bailout arrives, the debt will keep growing. Schools Forum meets later today.
£1m laptop contract comes in £67,325 below the scrutiny threshold
Two-year deal with same supplier awarded as "routine matter" - published on polling week.
Council’s £3.7m laptop contract sits untouched for over a year
Officer retired after conflict exposed, and nobody picked up the work.
Wandsworth pension fund loses tens of millions as committee keeps noting the problem
£562m fund underperforms by 10 percentage points over three years while councillors note, consider and review.
Wandsworth pension members waited up to 18 months for transfers, FOI reveals
The council's improvement plan: "New jobholders are addressing backlogs".
The £2 million the council tax leaflet forgot to mention
Wandsworth's own figures show new second homes premium is helping fund the freeze it calls efficiency.
Busted: stats watchdog mauls Wandsworth over council tax freeze lie
Hogg's porkies catch up with him - in a ruling with no precedent in 18 years.
Wandsworth’s response to our fact-check makes things worse, not better
Council's own Finance Director explains the leaflet figures. They don't get better on examination.
Wandsworth promised to act on Gaza pension fund. It hasn’t. Here’s why.
Legal constraints are real. So is the gap between what was resolved and what was done.