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Wednesday, 5 October 2022

Wandsworth Council is considering removing a fuel credit handed out to residents only last year.

The proposal is intended to avoid the council’s heating and hot water account running into a “more significant deficit.”

The credit has been applied to residents using communal systems but imminent gas price rises have led to calls for a reconsideration. 

A council committee report has revealed the account currently shows a surplus of £1.553 million.  

But based on estimates for the financial year, without action being taken, the account will be in deficit by £952,000 by the end of next April.

The proposal to remove the fuel credit will reduce the projected deficit to an estimated £575,000 by the year’s end. 

If approved, this would come into effect from November the 14th with charges re-established at existing levels.