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The Latest Breaking News from Wandsworth

Wandsworth council tax could soar by 94% as funding cuts bite

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The Independent UK

Margaret Thatcher’s ‘favourite council’ plans 94% tax rise after government cuts

Known as Margaret Thatcher’s ‘favourite council’ for it’s historically low tax rates, Wandsworth Council said it would raise tax on Band D properties by £958

The Independent UK

London councils receive hundreds of complaints linked to harmful aesthetic procedures

The complaints related to clinics and practitioners providing treatments such as dermal fillers, botulinum toxin injections, and non-surgical Brazilian Butt Lifts

Evening Standard

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GCSE results 2026: How good were grades in your London area?

How does your local borough rank in London and the UK for top GCSE results? Check our full list

Evening Standard

London council rejects funding bid to keep Hammersmith Bridge open to pedestrians

Wandsworth Council wrote to Hammersmith and Fulham Council stating it could not support the bid for essential repairs to the bridge as it fell short of what residents and businesses wanted to see

Evening Standard

May 7 elections: Hour-by-hour guide to results

Results will be declared from the early hours of Friday through to Saturday evening.

Evening Standard

May 7 elections: Hour-by-hour guide to results

Results will be declared from the early hours of Friday through to Saturday evening.

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'Porkies' row as London council proposes cheapest council tax bills in country for fourth year

Average bills for south London council will increase to £1,020 a year - half the amount in most other London boroughs

Evening Standard

Council tax: Cheapest London borough refuses Government offer of two-year emergency hike in bills

Wandsworth vows to keep taxes as low as possible, while Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea and Hammersmith and Fulham also unlikely to use new powers

Evening Standard

Mistakenly released prisoner hands himself in as Lammy faces fresh pressure over handling of fiasco

William ‘Billy’ Smith, 35, returned to Wandsworth prison after being mistakenly released on Monday

The Independent UK

UK Prison Release Scandal: Two Inmates Freed by Mistake in Days — and the Hidden Yearly Total Is Even More Shocking

Two inmates were wrongly freed from HMP Wandsworth as data shows 262 mistaken releases in a year, exposing major flaws in the UK prison system.

International Business Times UK

Full list of childhood vaccination uptake for local areas in England

Uptake of vaccines remains lowest in areas of London.

Evening Standard

I’m 91 and have cancer but a London council let me live in a soaking, mouldy flat for a year

Wandsworth refused to class a repair to damage from a water leak as an ‘emergency’

The Guardian - UK

E-scooters now cover a third of London as new borough joins trial

Council pledges to ‘closely monitor’ scheme’s expansion, as data reveals more than five million e-scooter journeys have been made since trial launched

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Revealed: The London boroughs generating millions every year from residents' parking permits

Wandsworth, Kensington and Chelsea, Islington and Hackney in top 10

Evening Standard

The battle for Battersea: decision looms for controversial riverfront high-rise

Residents fear the excessive height and scale of the proposed 29-storey block will set a precedent for other riverfront towers

The Guardian - UK

Nine in 10 councils in England to levy maximum council tax increase

Highest possible rise for third year running comes as cash-strapped authorities try to repair finances and, for some, avoid bankruptcy

The Independent UK

Few households avoid third year of maximum council tax hikes as plans approved

All 153 upper tier councils have now approved their council tax increases for 2025-26.

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The Guardian - UK

‘No two days are the same and you can make a real difference’: four social workers reflect on their careers

From paid apprenticeships to degrees, there are many routes to becoming a social worker – here’s a look at some of the main ones, and how four people who switched careers found them

Evening Standard

Full list of London council tax bills as virtually every borough seeks maximum increase

Revealed: Why Wandsworth can set the cheapest bills but Kingston’s are biggest in the capital

Evening Standard

London council tax: Sadiq Khan's home borough sets lowest bill in the country (again)

Wandsworth will be the only London borough to keep bills under £1,000

Evening Standard

London council tax soars: two-thirds of boroughs will charge in excess of £2,000 a year

Lib-Dem and Tory boroughs at top of table - while Labour councils will issue cheapest bills

Evening Standard

More CCTV cameras to target West End phone snatchers as London borough sets low council tax bill

Westminster council to spend £2million on safety schemes including doubling size of its CCTV camera network

The Independent UK

Mapped: Britain’s twenty happiest places to live

There’s a new number one spot

Evening Standard

Britain’s ‘happiest places to live’ in 2024 revealed

Gen-Zs were the most likely to feel they would be happier living somewhere else, while those aged 55-plus were the least likely, Rightmove said.

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