Wandsworth’s only independent did the tax sums himself. He will vote for the rise, and it will cost him
Malcolm Grimston sat down for an extensive interview and explained why he has a "heavy heart" about what's coming.
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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
Wandsworth is paying for 25 police officers. Its plans give two answers on who’s the boss
The agreement with the Met that would settle it is unpublished, and Cabinet decides on 12 October
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
Everyone’s junction but nobody’s fault: Putney Bridge crossing move approved
Pedestrians will cross in three stages so Lower Richmond Road drivers get 42 seconds of green
Kingmaker councillor accuses Putney MP of misleading residents on tax
Malcolm Grimston says Fleur Anderson's claim that Labour 'built up' reserves doesn't survive the council's own budget papers
Libraries are on the council’s cost-cutting list this week
Staff recommended retendering a contract that was only signed last year in a bid to save money.
Everything you need to know about the massive council tax rise coming next year
Why it is happening, who decides, what you will pay and what help there is
Wandsworth built 40 years of politics on the lowest council tax in England. This week the bill came due
Both parties had the figures a year ago. Whitehall set most of the rise and the council chose the rest. One councillor said so
Council tax will double in April, up by an average of £1,000
Band D bills rise £958 to £1,978 in a single step from April 2027, the council's finance chief says