@cflillywhite

local democracy reporter @myldn covering Wandsworth, Kingston and Richmond | charlotte.lillywhite@reachplc.com | she/her

 London, England
Joined October 2020
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The Wandsworth Conservative group is split over the appointment of the new council leader. Some members say a previous financial scandal, expulsion from the group and recent bullying of a seriously ill woman make him unfit for office. Exc by @cflillywhite mylondon.news/news/south-lon…

Wandsworth Tories divided over new leader's past financial scandal

Exclusive: New Wandsworth Council leader Robert Morritt was expelled from the local Conservative group in 2013

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Locals rally around South London pub managers told to leave by Heineken mylondon.news/news/south-lon…

Locals rally around South London pub managers told to leave by Heineken

A petition supporting the pub's managers has gained more than 1,000 signatures

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HMP Wandsworth staff 'took no meaningful steps' to prevent prisoner's suicide mylondon.news/news/south-lon…

HMP Wandsworth staff 'took no meaningful steps' to prevent prisoner's suicide

Aleksandras Maslennikovas, 47, died at HMP Wandsworth in July 2023

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City Hall pushes through 586-home development after 1k objections mylondon.news/news/south-lon…

City Hall pushes through 586-home development after 1k objections

City Hall's approval overrides Kingston Council's previous rejection of the scheme

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South London borough 'on frontline of climate crisis' makes funding plea as heatwave continues mylondon.news/news/south-lon…

South London borough 'on frontline of climate crisis' makes plea

The council is urgently calling for more climate change funding - warning the risks of action 'have never been so clear'

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South London leaseholders victorious in 'David vs Goliath battle' over unfair service charges mylondon.news/news/south-lon…

London leaseholders victorious in battle over unfair service charges

A property tribunal judge ruled in Notting Hill Genesis leaseholders' favour on all grounds

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Legendary Putney gym fights to survive as TfL’s property firm plans rent hike mylondon.news/news/business/…

Legendary gym has survived 100 years - TfL's rent hike could shut it

The 98-year-old South West London gym has a long history of training champion athletes and serving the local community

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'Just devastating': Elderly Richmond tenants hit with £1,400 a month rent hike by poverty charity mylondon.news/news/south-lon…

Poverty charity hits elderly tenants with £1,400 a month rent hike

Tenants of Richmond Foundation said the stress was making them ill

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Charlotte Lillywhite retweeted
Dave Comeau@DavidAJComeauJun 26
An important exclusive here from @benlynch07 and @KatherineEGray who've discovered London's councils are routinely buying property for temporary housing without knowing if the sale is resulting in evictions and making people homeless mylondon.news/news/zone-1-ne…

London councils buy temporary housing with no idea if it evicts people

EXCLUSIVE: Our investigation shows a third of councils in London are not checking if families are being turfed out so they can buy a property

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Kingston election results 2026 as Lib Dems' golden wall remains in tact in Ed Davey's home borough mylondon.news/news/south-lon…

Lib Dems' golden wall remains in tact in Ed Davey's home borough

Sir Ed Davey's party have kept the same number of seats on Kingston Council

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Greens raise concerns Richmond election results are “really bad for democracy” The Lib Dems secured all of Richmond’s 54 seats in a landslide victory mylondon.news/news/south-lon…

Richmond election results blasted as 'really bad for democracy'

Richmond's former Green leader has warned the result is not healthy, after the Liberal Democrats obliterated all opposition

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I’m at Wandsworth Town Hall for Wandsworth’s election count - follow for updates below! And the MyLondon liveblog for updates through the night… mylondon.news/news/west-lond… 👇

London election results recap as Labour lose Brent, Hackney and Westminster

Croydon has re-elected its Tory Mayor Jason Perry

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Wandsworth is now no overall control - with 29 Tory cllrs, 28 Labour cllrs and one Independent
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Labour loses control of Wandsworth in local elections - as Tories 'delighted'

Wandsworth has moved to no overall control

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