Happy New Year, from the whole Westminster Council Conservative Team.
2025 is no doubt going to be a busy year for the Conservative team as we continue to represent the interests of people across Westminster. We have all seen the slow decline of services under Labour in Westminster in the past year. You fill our inboxes with issues from e-bikes to missed rubbish collections, worsening fly-tipping to illegal Airbnbs.
Our team will continue to fight your corner and ensure that local voices are heard. Please do let us know how we can best serve you in 2025.
We will continue to hold the Labour administration to account on the matters that you tell us are most important. That is why we will be forcing a debate at the next Council meeting on 22 January on the rise of crime and anti-social behaviour across Westminster. From open drug dealing around Victoria, to phone thefts on Oxford Street, and brazen shop lifting in St John's Wood.
In March the Council will no doubt raise the Council Tax by the maximum allowed by law, but people tell us that they are not seeing improvements in services, just money being wasted on pet projects that won’t make a difference to the long-term residents of Westminster.
We have already uncovered that over £20million has been wasted on Oxford Street improvements as a result of the Labour Mayor’s new an unpopular scheme to bring in pedestrianisation against the wishes of residents. This was announced without consultation and no explanation for where all the traffic, buses, taxis and cyclists will go. The Mayor didn’t like the democratic outcome the last time he pushed his ideas and now he is just trying to ignore the problems that people are rightly concerned by.
The national Labour Government, already unpopular over cuts to the vital Winter Fuel allowance for hard up pensioners has now decided to force the Post Office to close branches across Westminster. This will leave local people with long trips to alternatives miles away. We are campaigning across Westminster to save these vital local hubs.
As your local Conservatives we will stand up to Labour and fight for the Westminster that you are telling us you want. Join us to help ensure we succeed, click here to find out more.
