Councillor Clare Fraser

Agenda and decisions

The Finance Overview and Scrutiny Committee met to discuss a range of financial matters. The Committee noted the contents of the Quarter 1 monitoring report and the Cost of Living Support Update. The Committee also considered and approved the latest round of budget variations.

Agenda and decisions

The committee noted the Quarter 1 budget monitoring [^1] for 2024-25, approved the recommendations in the Bikehanger Update report, agreed to make the experimental traffic management order (TMO) for the Battersea B9 CPZ permanent, noted the Annual Petitions Review [^2], and noted the Highway Maintenance Programme for 2024-25.

Agenda and draft minutes

The Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education (SACRE) discussed a number of reports about the state of Religious Education (RE) in Wandsworth schools and the wider UK. The meeting concluded with a decision to write to the Department for Education (DfE) to express concerns about the quality of RE in the borough’s schools. The attendees also discussed plans for Wandsworth’s year as London Borough of Culture in 2025.

Agenda

This meeting of the Passenger Transport Liaison Group was scheduled to receive updates from Transport for London on Clapham South Station, bus services in Roehampton, and performance data for buses and trains, as well as updates from Network Rail on several local stations.

Agenda

The Council meeting began with tributes to recently deceased former Councillors Neville Daniels, Shawn Creighton, Lois Lee, and tributes were also read out on behalf of Councillor Ravi Govindia who could not be present. Councillor Peter Graham proposed an adjournment to highlight the Alton Renewal Plan, which the Council voted for. The Conservative group proposed a motion of no confidence in the Labour administration, arguing that it was incompetent, secretive, and unresponsive to residents’ concerns, particularly regarding waste collection and alleged changes to the constitution to avoid scrutiny. This motion was defeated. Councillor Cassidy proposed a second adjournment, this time to highlight the impact of the closure of Hammersmith Bridge. This motion was defeated too. The Council voted to approve changes to the constitution, and to approve the Housing and Annual Resources report. Finally, a Labour group motion stating that the Council will work with the national government to deliver on shared policy objectives was passed.