What to look out for in London’s local elections Opinion With more parties and more candidates than ever before, next week’s local elections across London are the most unpredictable for a generation, argues James Ford On 7 May, Londoners go to the polls to elect the councillors that will run the capital’s 32 borough councils. More than 1,800 council seats are up for election, alongside [...]
London local elections 2026: Who will win in the borough of Wandsworth? London Wandsworth was a major council loss for the Tories in 2022. After suffering accusations of lying about council tax freezes and recent stories about crime in the area, can Labour maintain support here? Wandsworth was a Tory stronghold in London for decades – until it lost to Labour in 2022. Four years later, the battle [...]
Scrapping al fresco dining in Northcote Rd proves Labour hates fun Opinion Labour-run Wandsworth council has scrapped a popular pedestrianisation scheme, and Conservatives are fighting back.
Fresh legal twist in Wimbledon expansion saga December 11, 2024 Wimbledon chiefs have begun a legal process in a bid to see off any lingering threat of a challenge to their £200m expansion plans for the world famous tennis club. Opponents of the scheme want to use an obscure law to quash the planning permission finally granted last month, three years after the plans were [...]
Ed Warner: Wimbledon expansion impasse needs fresh and imaginative thinking July 11, 2024 It’s not all strawberries, Pimm’s and lucrative Airbnb rentals for a fortnight every summer in the environs of The Championships at Wimbledon.