From a South London reporter.

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Deptford Borough Council and Wandsworth Borough Council,

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While the opposition to Mendations for rent increases was defeated in the Labour Group in Deptford, and had to be withdrawn, in Wandsworth a different situation has arisen. On Tues, Feb 5th, Labour's newly won majority pushed through a rent increase ranging from 5/— to 10/— a week, The housing deficit of £352,000 = inherited from the Tory party's orevious administration - is now to be carried by the luckless tenants of all the Council's estates. Two Labour councillors voted against these increase which were approved with both the Tory minority and the Labour majority ganging up in the same lobby ag-inst the "rebels", The motion was carried by 51 to 2 with 9 abstentions,

A petition opposing these increaseswas handed into to the Council by Councillor Winstanley on behalf? of the Federation of Wandsworth Council Tenants! Associations, It contained 1,399 signature. A row. has broken out in Putney Labour Party (part of the Borough of Wandsworth) and big support has come for the rebels from Putney, Wandsworth Central and to a lesser extent from Streatham Labour Party.