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Reform UK’s Wandsworth meeting reveals energy without strategy as local elections loom
Panel focuses on "taking Westminster" while strategists warn movement needs local infrastructure to survive.
Controversial speakers draw protest as Reform returns to Wandsworth
Panel featuring Starkey, Pochin and Goodwin triggers counter-demonstration with heightened security.
Wimbledon Park amendment abandoned after peers condemn ‘erosion’ of green space protection
Lord O'Donnell's controversial law change dropped following government rejection and cross-party opposition.
Bradstow: The special needs school nobody wanted to save – least of all those who said they did
Speeches, blocking, and quadrupled debt. How two councils spent four years ensuring closure while claiming to fight for survival.
Station upgrades finally arrive after three years and safety warnings
Wandsworth Council will finally approve station improvements first promised in 2022, while dangerous overcrowding requires emergency closures.
Council bets on pension returns double what it actually achieved while shutting workers out
Teachers, social workers and former council staff excluded as £3.2bn fund assumes 5.1% growth despite 3% reality.
The Wimbledon Amendment: When the guardians of law betray public trust
Behind closed doors, powerful peers move to erase hard-won rights to our open spaces.
Lords to debate controversial amendment government rejected six weeks ago
Wimbledon Park expansion could proceed if retrospective law change passes today.
Lord confirms £86,000 windfall from land he now seeks to validate with new law
Peer defends amendment sponsorship as Supreme Court quote revealed to be taken out of context.
When rainbow flags become fences: A councillor’s warning
Even discussions about bringing people together have become weapons in the partisan war.