“I DON'T tell her. I don’t tell her but she’s starting to feel that we’re poor.” Maya sits in Hammersmith & Fulham Food Bank’s satellite branch in Shepherd’s Bush, tears slowly rolling down her face as the conversation turns to her 10-year-old daughter...

IT WAS Margaret Thatcher’s favourite borough. If the Conservatives could win here, in inner-city London, they could win anywhere. Wandsworth Council has been blue for four decades, but on May 3 it will be the focus of national attention as Labour seek to steal control of Mrs Thatcher’s prized possession...

CONSTRUCTION WORKERS moved into Merton Hall this week as part of controversial plans to replace the community centre with a church and create space for a new school. Elim Pentecostal Church will assume tenancy after the year-long works, while their current High Path site will become the new home for 1,200 students at a Harris Federation secondary school in September 2020...

MITCHAM AND MORDEN MP Siobhain McDonagh urged the government to tackle child poverty in London last week after statistics revealed a shocking scale of deprivation. The Labour MP led a parliamentary debate last Thursday on methods to reduce the number of children below the poverty line in the capital, currently standing at 700,000 (37%)...

KENSINGTON MP Emma Dent Coad attacked lax measures on MPs’ sexual harassment yesterday amidst a growing scandal at Westminster. The Labour MP’s words came on the day a cross-party committee, led by Andrea Leadsom, announced plans...

STREATHAM MP Chuka Umunna believes there is no doubt about the adverse impact of the UK’s decision to leave the EU. The debate continues to split country, parties and households, yet the future ramifications still seem unclear...

A SOUTH LONDON MP today offered a stern riposte to calls for a second EU referendum after comments made by prominent Leave campaigner Nigel Farage last week. Paul Scully, Conservative MP for Sutton and Cheam who also pushed for an EU exit, responded to Mr Farage speaking on The Wright Stuff of the growing need for another vote...

WIMBLEDON MP Stephen Hammond expressed his delight after London Mayor Sadiq Khan today announced that Wimbledon Park tube station will be fitted with step-free access by spring 2022. 1.89 million journeys a year begin at the station, one of 13 chosen as part of Mr Khan’s plans to boost step-free access across the capital...

STREATHAM Police Station’s front counter will close just two years after a £500,000 restoration. The counter, opened in February 2015 after the main Shrubbery Road station closed, will shut to the public on December 14, remaining open for officers until the lease runs out in 2024...

TWO Merton political heavyweights have clashed over how to stop the proposed closure of Wimbledon Police Station following last week’s deadline for consultancy responses. Stephen Hammond, Conservative MP for Wimbledon, and Labour’s Merton Council leader Stephen Alambritis are both fighting to save the station, but with very different strategies...

THE LEADER of Merton Council has called on Home Secretary Amber Rudd to rethink the Met Police budget after Wimbledon police station was threatened with closure. Stephen Alambritis, a Labour councillor who has held his position since 2010, believes Mayor of London Sadiq Khan is being pressured by ongoing austerity measures...