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Latest Wandsworth Council news from Putney and surrounding areas, covering council meetings, planning decisions, local services, housing developments and community initiatives alongside major local government updates.

Fire at Fox House in 2025

The council claimed praise for its Fox House fire response. It was hiding the safety report

byKieren McCarthy

July 4, 2026

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July 04, 2026

Finance

Wandsworth pension board calls failing transfer figures excellent again

Five months earlier, it privately discussed lowering that target instead

Finance

Wandsworth paid £2m for a fund that lost money. A free one beside it made 17 per cent

Watercolour illustration of Wandsworth Town Hall steps with pound coins scattered in the foreground. AI-generated.

The fund's own pool operator told councillors to cut it. They held on

Putney’s traffic misery is permanent now Hammersmith Bridge won’t reopen

Bridge over a calm river seen through leafless tree branches on a sunny day, with twin towers in the distance under a blue sky.

The £1m junction was rebuilt for a 2026 reopening that is now dead

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Street view of a row of red brick shops (Vodafone, Chipotle, Clarks, McDonald's) under a blue sky with cars parked along the curb.

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Cyclist taken to trauma centre – sixth serious crash on Putney High Street in two years

Electric charging lamppost sticker

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Councils were told to build EV infrastructure. Nobody told them to make it work together.

St George's hospital in Tooting

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Wandsworth spent £56m on hospital discharge. It didn’t work.

Person wearing a light blue shirt and a necklace holds a smartphone, looking at the screen indoors.

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Three scams targeting Wandsworth drivers right now

FINANCE

July 04, 2026

Pension Committee chair dismisses a member of the public when interrupted.

‘Off!’: the pension meeting where the chair was heckled and officers admitted misleading pensioners

Wandsworth pension fund loses seven times more than the market in a single quarter

“Britain’s Best Concession Scheme” reached 0.7% of Wandsworth residents

Wandsworth Town Hall

Wandsworth misleads pension members to block Gaza divestment

byKieren McCarthy

May 31, 2026

HOUSING

Denmead House on the Alton Estate. Subject to constant water and sewage problems.

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Watchdog steps in as Wandsworth won’t explain Roehampton sewage repairs

A leaflet from West Putney's Conservative councillors.

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No decision. No consultation. No majority. Conservatives declare Ashburton cancelled anyway.

A tower block on the Alton Estate in Roehampton

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New council, old crisis: Wandsworth’s housing stock is shrinking from both ends

Levi homeless man on Putney High Street. Photograph taken with permission.

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‘I just want help’: the man moved on from Putney High Street’s empty bank

POLITICS

Buildings with asbestos. A near-fatal explosion. A deadly fire. Wandsworth is hiding the records.

Seven requests. Seven refusals. Putney.news has complained to the Information Commissioner.

June 27, 2026

The former Lost Society - now likely to become an Admiral gambling store

A new law could have stopped Putney’s gambling cluster. It is not in force yet

Politics

Wandsworth won’t say who it chose for England’s best-paid job

Empty leisure centre reception desk with an unstaffed counter, queue rail and municipal seating in a British public-sector interior.

Politics

‘Britain’s best’ concession scheme? 0.7% of the borough used it and of them, half had problems

ALL OTHER COUNCIL NEWS

The Victoria Drive crossing where a school wants a proper pedestrian crossing

School still waiting for crossing council promised four years ago

byPutney.news reporter

Walkabout feature the new cabinet member for transport and local councillors. Pic: PAG

Putney’s junction still unfinished as new cabinet takes a walkabout

Parched yellow grass and mature trees on Putney Heath under a hazy heatwave sky.

London’s first red heat alert in four years reaches Putney

Manhole covers have come off

Environment

Storm one day in Putney, 36°C the next

byKieren McCarthy

Heathrow expansion plan

Heathrow’s expansion plan landed on Clean Air Day. It says your quiet hours will shrink

Satirical editorial illustration of Wandsworth Town Hall with smoke rising above it as a papal figure holds a scroll marked “DOCUMENT IS RESTRICTED” before waiting residents.

England’s best-paid council chief is being chosen tonight. Like a pope.

Roehampton’s Morley’s gets its late-night licence, but not until 2am

bySenior reporter

Putney Leisure Centre

Council hid legal dispute when it approved Putney Leisure Centre contract

Putney Leisure Centre pool. Pic: Places Leisure

Putney’s 33-metre pool is saved! For now at least

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Denmead House on the Alton Estate. Subject to constant water and sewage problems.

Watchdog steps in as Wandsworth won’t explain Roehampton sewage repairs

It disclosed how often flats flooded, but not what it did about it

byKieren McCarthy

June 22, 2026

Group of students in navy blazers and blue shirts walking down stone steps from a red-brick school, under a flowering arch.

The school by the Alton Estate was built to be seen. Now nobody notices it

A tower block on the Alton Estate in Roehampton

New council, old crisis: Wandsworth’s housing stock is shrinking from both ends

Bright red fast-food restaurant storefront with menu posters in the window and people walking along the sidewalk outside.

The vicar of Roehampton wants a word about the chicken shop. So do nine of his neighbours