It’s not really news, since the intention has been known for weeks – and could have been guessed for months, if not years – but Wandsworth formally set a 0% increase in council tax for 2010/11 last night at a special meeting of the full council.
They are always odd meetings. You would expect them to [...]
I’ve become a regular visitor to the Wandsworth Junior Citizen scheme over the years, and never fail to be impressed.
The scheme runs twice a year for year five children and exposes them to controlled risk, teaching them about potential danger and how they can be safe in a variety of situations. Yesterday I was observing [...]
Wandsworth is planning on keeping council tax at the same rate for the third year running. In one of those bizarre twists of local government finance Wandsworth’s average council tax is dropping because the Putney and Wimbledon Commons Conservators (who levy a precept to maintain the commons) are reducing their precept.
The video features Deputy Leader [...]
Almost five years ago the council launched its ten point plan for Clapham Junction. It was one of those things that was more aspiration than anything. The council had little control over the implementation of most of the ten points, but it did form a great basis for lobbying by creating a coherent vision of [...]
The third, and final, part of my Face The Public presentation. Again, at 9 minutes it isn’t short, but it is annotated so you can jump right to the bit you want.
A few things. First, I need to give a photo credit to diamond geezer for allowing me to use and adapt his photo of [...]
The second of my Face The Public presentation. OK, it’s a bit long, at nearly ten minutes, but the video is ‘annotated’ at the front so you can jump straight to individual sections.
This section contains a brief outline of the priority setting process, last year’s priorities, acquisitive crime, serious violent crime and community reassurance.
I should [...]
I was surprised to get image to the left as spam from the Wandsworth Guardian. I suppose it’s a lot more targeted than most spam – but I’m not sure why they are sending it to me (although the subject asked me “please forward on to whom you think will benefit”).
I’m assuming few will benefit, [...]
Wandsworth produces a weekly bulletin of roadworks in the borough which gets circulated and distributed to various people. Each week I look at it, mainly to see if there’s anything major happening in my ward. But it never occurred to me to think much about the senior engineer who produced it.
I found out a bit [...]
It’s nearly two months since Lord Adonis’ big announcement of a £50 million pot to invest in the country’s ten worst stations – and the naming of Clapham Junction as number two on the list.
I was a little cynical, since I think Clapham Junction needs some significant spend on it, and questioned how the cash [...]
Last night’s Wandsworth Local Strategic Partnership heard about the planning for next year’s census, despite it being well over a year away.
The 2011 census is going to be undertaken in much the same way as they were when they first started in the nineteenth century (and try as I might, I’m not sure I can [...]
James is a Councillor for Shaftesbury Ward and Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Community Safety in the London Borough of Wandsworth. More...
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