Swing To Labour In Wandsworth and Merton

A 4.5% swing to Labour was not enough to win the GLA seat, but Leonie Cooper and her team fought a great campaign. Conservative 65,179 Labour 55,216 Lib Dem 11,904

Leonie Cooper On Council Rent Rises

Wandsworth has the highest council rents in the country but is a low spender on repairs – our tenants don’t get value for money.

Ken Comes To Tooting

Ken Livingstone and Leonie Cooper at Tooting Broadway

Wandsworth: Better Off With Ken

Ken Livingstone promised people in Wandsworth they will be £1,000 richer if they vote him in May. He pledged to reverse cuts to the police and to freeze transport fares for commuters in Wandsworth. Mr Livingstone also said he would bring back the Educational Maintenance Allowance (EMA) for youngsters in higher education. The mayoral candidate [...]

POOR TORY MANAGEMENT LEAVES WASTE UNCOLLECTED ACROSS WANDSWORTH

Labour councillors are joining angry residents and business owners in Wandsworth in calling for answers regarding Wandsworth Council’s poor management of refuse collection and street cleaning. Many streets across the borough were left strewn with rubbish and uncollected refuse sacks this week, as the Council failed to inform residents of changes to their collections. This [...]

Ken’s Fare Deal Comes To Tooting

 

GOVERNMENT CUTS CREATING SEVERE POLICE SHORTAGE FOR WANDSWORTH

Cuts to police funding has led to severe under-staffing amongst Wandsworth’s Safer Neighbourhood Teams. The Tory-led Government’s 20 per cent cuts to policing go too far too fast and are already having a damaging impact on police forces here in Wandsworth, and across the country. Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary has estimated that these front-loaded cuts will [...]

Labour’s GLA Candidate Turns The Tories Over

GLA candidate Cllr. Leonie Cooper turned the tables on the Tories during a live debate at Roehampton University between local politicians about who should be elected as London’s next Mayor in May. The MP for Battersea, Jane Ellison (CON) spoke on behalf of the ‘Back Boris’ campaign, whilst local Councillor and candidate for the London [...]

‘Make Savings And Protect The Frontline’ Says Wandsworth Labour

At last week’s budget setting meeting of Wandsworth Council, Labour councillors tabled an amendment which would have ensured further budget savings, whilst still protecting valued front-line services. The Labour group also committed to the freeze on Council Tax this year.Keeping Council Tax frozen is part of Labour’s commitment to easing the burden on hard-working families, [...]

Victory For No Pay2Play

Labour and Tory Councillors have approved plans to modernise and refurbish the adventure playground in Battersea Park with brand new equipment and keep play free. The decision, taken on Wednesday, will now be subject to public consultation. If backed by residents it would mean the playground does not need to introduce an admission charge – and [...]