Council tax bills in Wandsworth are set to almost double with rates for a Band D property rising by a proposed £958.
Residents in the south London borough are facing the eye-watering increases after the Tory-run council claimed the Labour Government had slashed its funding by £84million a year.
The cut is more than the council’s total spending on parks, libraries, leisure centres, bin collection and street cleaning, the local authority said.
Wandsworth is historically known as Margaret Thatcher‘s ‘favourite’ council. During more than 40 years of Tory control it was viewed as a pioneer of outsourcing services and famous for its ultra-low
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