labourinwandsworthBy 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 [...]
By our man in Battersea Park Wednesday seemed like the perfect day to go to Battersea Park to continue our ‘No pay to play’ campaign. It was national ‘Playday’ – a celebration of the child’s right to play – so what better time to remind everybody that the Tory council in Wandsworth are still hell-bent on [...]
Despite a retreat last week over charges for children to use Battersea Park Adventure Playground, the plans are not dead yet. In an interview with the Wandsworth Guardian Kathy Tracey, the council’s children’s services spokeswoman, said the Tories may still introduce a fee to use the specialist playground. She said a survey will be carried out over [...]
Wandsworth Borough Council made a decision on 28 February at its Executive Committee to introduce a charge of £2.50 per child for entry to Battersea Adventure Playground. This was due to come into effect on 2 July 2011. A letter before claim threatening to issue judicial review proceedings was sent on behalf of five families, [...]
Wandsworth’s Tory Councillors are to charge £2.50 for kids to play in the Adventure Playground in Battersea Park. Almost 12,700 children in the borough, nearly a third, live in poverty. There is also a higher than average rate of child obesity – yet the charge will hit the poorest families hardest. Read more: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/2011/05/13/tories-blasted-for-charging-kids-to-use-public-playground-115875-23126656/#ixzz1MGxzFWYF Sign [...]
