Why do the local elections in London matter? At the moment, Labour are dominant in London - they have 21 of its 32 councils, a record-equalling high. The Conservatives run just five - having lost ...

Additional staff and £100m of funding is to be redirected to HMP Wandsworth following what the prisons' chief inspector called a "catastrophic inspection", the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has announced.

Council election results for the areas of Balham, Battersea Park, Putney, Northcote, Roehampton, Thamesfield, Tooting and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wandsworth Council leader Simon Hogg and Howard Dawber, London's deputy mayor for business (Wandsworth Council) More than 14,000 ...

Major parties in Wandsworth have set out how they would transform the borough over the next four years, with the local elections around the corner. Voters will head to the polls o ...

Planning committee votes unanimously against All England Club’s proposals to triple size on to listed park A London council has rejected plans to build a new 8,000-seat stadium and 38 further tennis ...

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A men's prison in south-west London has been deemed "unsafe and inhumane", a watchdog report has warned. HMP Wandsworth has seen "no real progress" in the past year and reflects "the failures of the ...

‘Located inside the ornate Victorian town hall, Battersea Arts Centre hosts a variety of shows and performances for visitors of all ages. It has a fascinating history too, most recently experiencing a ...

Families come to live in Wandsworth in south-west London for the abundance of attractive Victorian and Edwardian homes, the river, the open green spaces of Wandsworth and Clapham Commons and an almost ...