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The Latest Breaking News from Wandsworth

More than 1.2 million Londoners face massive council tax hike next year

After Wandsworth announces staggering 94% council tax hike, at least four other councils could announce huge increases

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London council tax hammerblow as borough reveals plan to nearly double bills

Labour condemns Wandsworth Council’s plans to increase council tax for a Band D property by £958 as ‘outrageous’

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Man jailed for helping fellow prisoner Daniel Khalife on his escape from HMP Wandsworth

Adeel Khan, from Waltham Forest, east London, has been jailed for four-and-a-half year for helping Daniel Khalife after his escape from HMP Wandsworth

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Labour wins crucial council by-election in London borough facing largest tax rises in country

The result means the Conservatives remain the largest party on Wandsworth Council, but only by a single seat

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London boroughs facing Britain's largest council tax rises to launch challenge over Government funding cuts

Wandsworth, Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster councils are expected to officially appeal the cuts

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London borough 'plotting Britain's highest ever council tax rise with bills soaring by up to 160%'

Wandsworth Council is proposing to raise resident bills by as much as 160% following Government cuts

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Designer unveils plans to replace Wandsworth's famous roundabout 'pretzel' with wooden sculpture

Plans to replace the ‘pretzel’ with a new timber structure have sparked outrage from residents

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575 Wandsworth Road: The south London house hiding a wood-carved masterpiece inside

Behind a modest Wandsworth front door lies a work of national significance

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London leaders call for mansion tax to be scrapped as it's revealed homes in just four boroughs will pay £270m

Estimates show that households in Kensington and Chelsea, Wandsworth, Richmond and Westminster would pay about £270 million through the surcharge - half of what the Government predicts the tax will raise nationally

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London council under fire 'for breaking rules' over social media post ahead of crucial by-election

Wandsworth Labour accused the local Conservative Party of breaching pre-election period (PEP) rules

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Man found guilty of assisting Daniel Khalife after he escaped from HMP Wandsworth in 2023

Adeel Khan, 32, from Waltham Forest, helped supply Daniel Khalife with money following his high-profile escape from HMP Wandsworth in September 2023

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Four London councils cover staff parking fines with taxpayers' cash

Councils in Hackney, Lewisham, Wandsworth and Croydon spent thousands on fines for their staff and contractors

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Chaos at London town hall as new Tory leader quits after just 44 days in charge

Aled Richards-Jones said he could no longer give the role ‘the time and focus it deserves’ alongside his job as a partner in a law firm

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UK Prisoner in Sex Video Scandal With Female Warden Speaks Out, Exposes Jail Staff Corruption

Inmate Linton Weirich reveals details of his relationship with a former prison officer and exposes corruption at HMP Wandsworth.

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Brent Labour does deal with Tories after Starmer bans party from working with Greens

Seven London councils - Brent, Barnet, Enfield, Haringey, Wandsworth, Lambeth and Southwark - fell from Labour to no overall control at the local elections on May 7

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London local elections 2026: 'We're very optimistic' at regaining Westminster, Wandsworth and Barnet, says Badenoch

In an exclusive interview with The Standard, the Tory leader also stressed that Golders Green was the ‘frontline’ in a surge in antisemitism plaguing Britain

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London Tory local election candidate suspended after saying 'Hitler was right'

Helena Kanaan, who was running for the Roehampton seat on Wandsworth council, made the comment in response to an online argument between Piers Morgan and self-described misogynist influencer Andrew Tate

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South London council's claim of tax freeze may 'mislead' residents, UKSA warns

While the authority froze its ‘core’ council tax, the overall bill for residents rose by roughly 3%

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Labour council warned of ‘potential to mislead’ taxpayers over frozen tax claim

The UK Statistics Authority has written to Wandsworth Council about the claim it is freezing council tax for the fourth consecutive year.

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Labour 'risks losing 600 seats' in London local elections in worse nightmare than Gorton disaster

Sir Keir Starmer’s party is facing tough battles against the Greens, Reform UK, the Conservatives and the Lib Dems

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Revealed: Ministers plot £150 'stealth' rise in council tax in London boroughs

The Conservatives are accusing the Government of ‘burying’ the proposed tax increase in the small print of local government funding reforms

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How much is my council tax going up? Average Londoner to see £87 hike in bills today

Wandsworth residents pay less than half the amount of those living in Lewisham, Redbridge, Hackney or Barking and Dagenham

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Exclusive: Labour facing 'fierce battles' to keep hold of at least 12 London boroughs in May local elections

Sir Keir Starmer’s party faces a ‘torrid time’ as it seeks to defend more than 1,150 seats ‘on five fronts’ against the Tories, Reform UK, Liberal Democrats, Greens and pro-Gaza independents, says leading pollster

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Sadiq Khan warns Labour will lose councillors in 'challenging' London borough elections

Westminster, Wandsworth and Barnet all on a knife-edge - while Reform UK could win in Tory boroughs

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How much is your council tax going up? Thousands more Londoners face bills over £2,000 for first time

Average households in half of London boroughs are expected to see hikes of over £100

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