Community News from your Southfields Conservative Ward Councillors. Promoted by Dominic Lowe of Wandsworth Conservatives Suite 11,70 Upper Richmond Rd SW15 2RP
✍️ Our Conservative group leader @aled_rj has written for @ConHome about the financial asteroid about to hit Wandsworth Council
💥 The Labour govt is cutting council funding by £85m a year by 2029/30. As a result, council tax may rise by more than 86%
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How are we councillors expected to decide if it is sensible to whack up council rents and borrow over £1 billion for housing if we have no plan from the administration as to how they will manage the £100 million hole in the budget by the end of the decade?
We found out at yesterday’s Finance Committee that Labour-run @wandbc now plans:
📈borrowing of at least *£1.9 billion*
📉running down inherited reserves by at least £150m
And to stop us asking questions, Labour moved a motion to shut down the debate and end the meeting early!
🚨 @Conservatives Cllrs have just walked out of a meeting of Wandsworth Council
🥀 @UKLabour blocked debate about their proposed closure of Bradstow special needs school to save their political blushes
🌳 @Conservatives will fight tooth and nail for Bradstow’s pupils & parent
Great evening for the Southfields Christmas lights switch-on!
Thanks to Madam Mayor of Wandsworth for attending & All England Club for their sponsorship.
Fab choirs from our schools & stalls from local businesses made it feel really festive!
Supporting Southfields shops!
It was great talking to residents in Southfields today about our 3 point plan to support Southfields shops. 20 mins free parking, clean up shopfronts & working with the Southfields Business Forum to unlock empty shop potential
@wandsworth@PutneyCons
Coronation Gardens living up to its name with a lively party this afternoon! Lovely to see such renewed interest in one of our lesser known green spaces in Southfields.
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Listening to every @WandsworthLab Councillor declare themselves as being AGAINST a Council Tax cut this evening was hard to hear – they stood on a manifesto promising to cut taxes. They lied. No wonder they decided to end the meeting early. #costoflabour
This just in from our local Southfields Police team - a good chance to meet them informally and ask about anything crime or safety orientated you may want help with: nextdoor.co.uk/p/dTPWccjsrpY…
Very sad news for a much valued local business - Such a shame that Labour run Merton Council, who own & run the park, think this is acceptable! The venue is now up for rent - Disappointing that they couldn’t find a way to negotiate a new deal with Mario’s. facebook.com/100063747962001…
Christmas tree collection and recycling by Wandsworth Council begins on your normal collection day, from January 3 to January 16.
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Fantastic start to Christmas with the switching on of the Southfields lights - Thank you Mr Mayor of Wandsworth, our amazingly talented local schools & the All England Lawn Tennis Club for their sponsorship!