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Council tax bombshell: Thousands more Londoners face bills over £2,000 for first time

Band D London homes are expected to see an average of almost £80 added to their annual levy from April 2026

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When it’s developers v people, usually the money wins. I saw how one community came out on top

A social housing victory at the ‘luxury’ Battersea power station development shows the power of grassroots politics – and holds a lesson for all of our cities, says Guardian assistant opinion editor Jason Okundaye

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Six councils granted power to raise council tax without needing to consult residents

The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has estimated that Wandsworth and Westminster councils would need to hike council tax by as much as 75 per cent to balance the books in the wake of government reforms

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Londoners face eye-watering 75% council tax hikes in Government funding shake up

The IFS said eye-watering 75% increases in council tax could be seen in some London boroughs with historically lower bills

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London teenager who threatened to blow up school collected homemade guns and explosives in his bedroom

Sakhile Ntsele, 18, from Wandsworth, stored terrifying armoury of homemade guns and explosives in his home

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Revealed: The 600,000 London homes that could be revalued under Budget 'mansion tax'

Homes in Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea, Camden, Barnet, Richmond, Wandsworth and Hammersmith and Fulham are in the Chancellor’s firing line

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More than 200 new council homes to be built at Battersea Power Station

There are currently around 9,500 households on the housing waiting list in Wandsworth

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AI chatbot is Government's new recruit at HMP Wandsworth to stop inmates being wrongly freed

Prisons minister Lord Timpson said the southwest London jail had been given the ‘green light’ to use artificial intelligence

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Council tax hikes: Thousands of Londoners to pay for first time while some face bills doubling

Kensington and Chelsea is expected to follow in the footsteps of Wandsworth, Westminster and Hackney and double council tax bills for some home owners in the borough

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The Guardian view on mistaken prisoner releases: a broken system not human error

Editorial: Recent cases of prisoners let go by mistake rightly disturb the public. But they reflect the overstretched and underfunded criminal justice architecture

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Smiling wrongly released prisoner William Smith hands himself back in to Wandsworth prison

Convicted fraudster William ‘Billy’ Smith smiled and waved as he walked back into the south London jail

Evening Standard

Mistakenly released prisoner Billy Smith turns himself in

Police continue hunt for Algerian sex offender Brahim Kaddour-Cherif as fraudster returns to Wandsworth jail

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Robert Jenrick accuses David Lammy of 'Bulls****' on live TV amid row over mistaken prisoner releases

The comment came as pressure piles on the Justice Secretary after prisoners were mistakenly released from HMP Wandsworth

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Prisoner manhunt continues as Lammy faces slew of questions

Police are trying to track down two inmates released in the last week from HMP Wandsworth.

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Two more prisoners on run after being released from HMP Wandsworth by mistake in fresh crisis for Labour

Police searching for Algerian sex offender freed from Wandsworth jail by mistake along with convicted fraudster – days after justice secretary claimed he’d introduced strictest-ever prison checks following Epping migrant blunder

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Prisoner manhunt LIVE: Wrongly freed man hands himself back in to London jail

Surrey Police said Billy Smith handed himself into to HMP Wandsworth following his accidental release

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David Lammy under pressure as two more prisoners mistakenly freed

Algerian sex offender and a fraudster released by Wandsworth jail, days after new checks brought in

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South London train station to get £7m new entrance to beat overcrowding

Work at Wandsworth Town Station is due to begin next year

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Dolly Parton's little known charitable connection to Wandsworth

The Hollywood star’s charitable endeavors reach as far as the UK

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Boris Becker was asked by prison doctor if he had been self-harming during his time in Wandsworth

In his upcoming autobiography, tennis ace Boris Becker has revealed he was asked by a prison doctor if he had been self-harming during his time in Wandsworth.

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Boris Becker describes horror of prison life

In his new autobiography, Boris Becker has described the “screaming, fear and freezing, mould-infested cells” of Wandsworth prison after he did an eight month sentence in the jail.

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Liberty Festival 2025: Disability Arts Celebration heads to Wandsworth

Liberty Festival will be bringing a huge range of acts for this disabled-led event, all for free

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Wandsworth unveils 'growth plan' which could see 14,000 new homes in next decade

The scheme includes plans for 8,400 new homes in Nine Elms, 3,000 more homes in Clapham Junction and 3,000 extra homes in Wandsworth Town

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Council tax bombshell: Eight London boroughs face big bill rises or major cuts to services

EXCLUSIVE: London boroughs facing being hard hit by the controversial shake-up include Kensington and Chelsea, Westminster, Wandsworth, Richmond, Hammersmith and Fulham, Islington, Camden and the City of London

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South London primary school set to close after just eight children joined reception class

St Anne’s Church of England School, in Wandsworth, could shut permanently on August 31

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