An update from Matthew Corner about what happened at tonight's Council meeting.

The VAT on private schools is a vindictive piece of class warfare which will hurt parents who scrimp and save to pay school fees.

This was Rishi’s best performance. He tore in Labour’s #Budget “And today we see what they planned to do all along…National insurance up. Capital gains tax up. Inheritance tax up. Energy taxes up. Business rates up. Stamp duty up. They have fiddled the figures.” Smashed it 🔥

Great weekend campaigning in Wandsworth talking to residents about local issues. 🥀The Labour Council in Wandsworth continues to fail in delivering basic services like refuse collection whilst accruing large amounts of debt.

Key article in today's Times on bus speeds in London (1/2). Sadiq Khan is being urged to rethink his transport policies as it was shown that taking the bus can be as slow as going on foot for many journeys in London, despite fewer cars being on the roads.

James Murphy 🇺🇦 Steffi Sutters Fleur Anderson MP Dr Rosena Marsha de Cordova Wandsworth Labour I think “not a strong look” is a bit of an understatement. My criticism applies to any MP from any party breaking a specific personal commitment. Labour MPs literally signed up to this. It’s like the LibDems and tuition fees.

Kane Emerson This is all well and good but… developers contributed £260m towards the construction of the Underground extension to Battersea Power Station - an enormous project that regenerated an entire part of London yet has been continually sneered at by Labour. Matthew Corner

'Tories; guidance on LTNs must become Labour's roadmap'. Andrew Ellson in today's Times urging Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander MP to adopt the Conservative's 'eminently sensible' draft guidance on LTNs which came out in March and which has yet to be ratified.

💙☀️Fantastic turnout in my ward today with excellent support from our friends in Hammersmith & Fulham and Kensington & Chelsea! 🗣️Loads of great conversations with residents and people trending our way ahead of the local elections next year.

This is the damage left behind on Wandsworth Common after the recent funfair. This is exactly why we must hold the Labour-led Wandsworth Council to account. Say no to large-scale commercial events — protect our green spaces. 🌳🍃🌿Conservative Environment Network

Labour banned Al-fresco dining on Northcote Road. We did it anyway. #LabourHatesFun

A vacuous Wandsworth Labour motion, which talked about the need to “work, rest and play”, like a Mars Bar commercial… Their benches seemed so depressed at Wandsworth Council, even I felt sorry for them. So I bought them a gift.

Tribute to the Late Hon. Rhoda Nakibuuka Nsibirwa Kalema. Volcanoes Safaris is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Late Hon. Rhoda Kalema, a remarkable human being, a pioneering leader and advocate for women’s rights May she rest in peace. Read more bit.ly/46MHQLc

🚮 Labour-run Transport for London has shelved plans to review the #Wandsworth one-way system 🤨 But ambitious schemes are going ahead in other parts of London ❓We’ve asked Wandsworth’s Labour MPs which local transport improvements they’ll be pressing Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan to deliver

All of my local mini supermarkets now have Screens to protect the check-out workers. Shoplifting is out of control under the current Met leadership and #Labour Mayor of London