labourinwandsworthJosh Kaile is Labour’s candidate in the Southfields & Wandsworth by-election on 29th March. Living in Trentham Street, Josh is the only local candidate. Find out about Josh: http://www.sw18.info/index.htm
Councillors, including GLA Candidate Leonie Cooper and volunteers knocked on close to 1,000 doors today for the Southfields by-election. Find out about our candidate: http://www.sw18.info/index.htm
A free school being set up by the Tories’ star teacher, Katharine Birbalsingh, will not open this year as planned. Birbalsingh gave a blistering speech to the Conservative party conference in 2010 in which she attacked dumbed-down standards in exams and “chaos” in classrooms. She illustrated her speech with pictures of pupils at her then [...]
A new website has been set up by Sadiq Khan MP to help pedestrians, cyclists and other vulnerable road users to map accidents and potential danger spots in and around the Tooting constituency. The aim is to not just identify areas where accidents have occurred, but use local intelligence to identify dangerous locations where an [...]
By Sadiq Khan MP Earlier this week the official e-petition to stop the government’s dangerous NHS reforms smashed through the 100,000 barrier, which means a special committee of MPs will now have to decide whether or not to allow a debate on calls for the government to withdraw the plans. As each day passes opposition [...]
By Cllr. Peter Carpenter The Leader of Wandsworth Council this week announced, with much fanfare, the Open Council initiative, but nowhere in the 27 key indicators will you find Council Rents or Council Service charges. Nor will you find them in the longer list of 90 key indicators. I would suggest that there is a [...]
Just who were that group of hooded figures in orange jumpsuits walking down Northcote Road this lunchtime? It was a protest to mark the 10th anniversary of Wandsworth resident Shaker Aamer imprisonment in Guantanamo Bay. He remains the last Londoner in Guantanamo, despite not being charged or tried for any crime. His wife and four [...]
Following the resignation of Cllr. Lucy Allan, there will be a by-election held in Southfields ward. The election date must be announced within 35 days of a vacancy being declared, according to the Council’s Chief Executive. The date nominated is 29th March. Read more here: http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/local/wandsworthnews/9522871.Tory_councillor_stands_down/
Labour Councillors are backing proposals for a brand new primary school that would be run as a free school sponsored by the hugely popular and successful Graveney School. The new school would be based in Franciscan Road and would open in September 2013. It would be located in the former school building, now known as [...]
