@putneynews.bsky.socialWandsworth's Hammersmith Bridge committee paper went online 82 minutes before the vote.
The councillor whose vote decided it backs the idea. What happened next: https://putney.news/2026/10/16/councillors-vote-down-hammersmith-bridge-plan-they-had-no-time-to-read/
@tootingnewsie.bsky.social#Wandsworth Council has introduced a new Fair Use Charter for e-bike & e-scooter operators, which aims to tackle obstructive parking, improve safety and take stronger enforcement action.
Full story on our website: shorturl.ly/-XQ3z
@putneynews.bsky.socialWandsworth's finance chief says he is "deeply uncomfortable" with the 94% council tax rise, but won't go further to protect low-income households.
The figures behind it: https://putney.news/2026/10/15/labour-now-wants-wandsworths-council-tax-rise-put-to-a-public-vote/
@tootingnewsie.bsky.socialLow-income #Wandsworth residents face losing council tax exemption, reports @itsmylondon.bsky.social, as the authority also plans a 94 per cent hike in council tax bills.
Full story: www.mylondon.news/news/south-l...
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@putneynews.bsky.socialWandsworth's council tax is set to nearly double. Three of its own choices add £340 at Band D over four years. Which three?
https://putney.news/2026/10/14/why-your-council-tax-could-be-340-lower/
@putneynews.bsky.socialWandsworth's cabinet has approved a plan to nearly double council tax: about £18 a week more on a Band D bill.
The only councillor who argued against it couldn't vote.
https://putney.news/2026/10/13/wandsworths-cabinet-passes-plan-to-double-council-tax/
@postboxmap.bsky.socialJust added: King George V Pillar Box in Wandsworth, Greater London. View it here: https://postboxmap.co.uk/r/SW8-26D #PostboxMap #UKPostboxes #Postbox #KingGeorgeV #PillarBox #StandardRed #Wandsworth
@tootingnewsie.bsky.socialMISSING | Can you help find Grant, aged 34? He was last seen in #Tooting on Saturday 10 October, wearing a blue vest, blue hoodie, black jeans, white trainers and glasses. If you have any info, please call the police on 999 quoting CAD 3418/10OCT.
@putneynews.bsky.socialCouncillors found mistakes in the papers going to Wandsworth's Cabinet tonight. Officers apologised for some.
None has been corrected.
What the committees changed: https://putney.news/2026/10/12/a-rushed-round-of-committee-meetings-changed-none-of-wandsworths-79m-savings/
@putneynews.bsky.socialA jury found Wandsworth Prison never grasped what a terror order meant for one prisoner.
The watchdog's report followed on 7 October. What it never examined: https://putney.news/2026/10/10/arrested-at-the-prison-gate-in-front-of-his-sister-he-died-weeks-before-his-release/
@putneynews.bsky.socialMost Access for All adults qualify through Universal Credit, which is not on Wandsworth's new list. Who has been paying for the busiest part?
@putneynews.bsky.socialThe old Wandsworth library has already been a court house and a museum.
Now artists are moving in, and some could end up living there.
https://putney.news/2026/10/09/artists-are-moving-into-the-old-wandsworth-library/
@putneynews.bsky.socialWandsworth says paying for 25 police with developer money is legal. Asked how, it cited no legal advice.
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@putneynews.bsky.socialOver 7,000 of Wandsworth's lowest-income households pay no council tax. Under council plans, most would pay hundreds a year.
Every home gets a letter about the tax rise. How these ones find out:
@putneynews.bsky.socialA man awaiting trial at HMP Wandsworth is reported to be on hunger strike.
No one close to him has heard from him since Monday.
What we have asked: https://putney.news/2026/10/02/man-awaiting-trial-at-wandsworth-reportedly-on-hunger-strike/
@putneynews.bsky.socialFootballers lost their Wandle Recreation Centre pitch on safety grounds. They aren't convinced.
Now it's planned for padel courts.
@putneynews.bsky.socialA driver got 13 parking fines in a month, then sent the council breakdown reports to back his appeals. They had been altered. https://putney.news/2026/10/01/driver-convicted-of-13-forgery-charges-over-parking-fine-appeals/ #Wandsworth
@putneynews.bsky.socialTen thousand Wandsworth council tenants face a second rent rise every year from April. The council's own assessment can't say if those paying it themselves can afford it. https://putney.news/2026/09/30/council-tax-then-a-mansion-tax-now-council-tenants-face-a-second-rent-rise/
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