Tory councillors in Blackheath Westcombe ward have been reprimanded by Greenwich Council’s standards watchdog after using council notepaper to write letters attacking Labour councillors to hundreds of residents in the Westcombe Park area last December.

This was in breach of the councillors’ code of conduct which says that council resources must only be used for council business, not party political campaigning.

The Tories have been warned that a repeat could see them referred to the national Standards Board.