Tag Archives: Wandsworth
Cheggers!
Looking through photos I’ve taken recently I can’t believe I didn’t post anything about the pro-celebrity football that Wandsworth hosted at Battersea Park as part of Fostering Fortnight. While I can’t say I knew any of the people playing football, I did recognise Keith Chegwin, who was offering a rather unique style of commentary on [...]
Labour’s flexible, and political, approach to council tax
Today’s news that all the Labour councils in London are to freeze council tax next year (I say all, they only have eight) came as something of a shock. First of all, I don’t think London Labour have a particularly good track record of keeping council tax low. If you take the inner London Labour [...]
Open air opera at Battersea Reach
Last night saw an incredibly successful event organised by Wandsworth Town Centre Partnership (with support from St George). I made some fairly feeble attempts at recording elements – an AudioBoo: Listen! And a video, although distance and the light mean phone cameras are not going to produce great results it does give a good impression [...]
Honour for former Wandsworth libraries head
I was really pleased to see that Jane Allen, who recently retired as the head of libraries in Wandsworth has been given Membership of the Order of the British Empire and becomes Jane Allen MBE. Wandsworth has an excellent libraries service (and going to get better with the Tooting Library refurbishment and new Wandsworth town [...]
What do you want? Go on, tell me…
This blog is coming up to its half-birthday. Well, sort of – there are all sorts of dates I can use, for example the blog went live on 17 December, a great time when everyone is thinking about Christmas and no-one gives a stuff about a mere councillor blog. However, before it went live I [...]
Swine flu briefings for Neighbourhood Watch co-ordinators
I’m very proud of the work the council does in support of Neighbourhood Watch (unlike most other areas the council, rather than the police, provide support Neighbourhood Watch in Wandsworth) and particularly proud of the opportunities we’ve given for co-ordinators to take on enhanced roles. Much of this is provided through extra training for volunteers [...]
Murder outside Wandsworth prison
I’ve just been told that there has been a murder outside Wandsworth Prison. The victim had apparently been visiting an inmate and was shot when leaving. Police are hunting the suspects. I will update if I have any more relevant details. UPDATE: The story is now being covered by BBC News – Man killed outside [...]
More recession workshops
The council are running two more ‘recession workshops’ for local businesses. The first is tonight (Wednesday 29 April) for businesses based in Wandsworth, Earlsfield and Southfields. It is being held at Blend, 111-113 Wandsworth High Street at 7pm. Attendees will be lucky enough to hear me speak on the council’s reponse. The second is tomorrow [...]
How the government failed South Thames College
Last month brought the news that the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) were freezing funding for building projects in colleges across the country. South Thames College was just one of the colleges affected, being in the middle of a two phase rebuilding of their Wandsworth site. Other colleges were even unluckier, having demolished their buildings [...]
No increase in council tax
Wandsworth announced today that there would be no increase in council tax. This makes the second year in the row that Wandsworth has not increased its share of council tax. However, it’s the first time that bills have not gone up at all – since Ken Livingstone more than doubled his share in his eight [...]
