Cllr Paul Swaddle is Leader of the Conservative Group at Westminster City Council. Paul believes that elected MPs for different parts of the country should not remain as Councillors here in Westminster, and should not claim councillor allowances alongside their MP salaries of over £90,000 a year.
Local people, school children, workers and visitors should not have to tolerate seeing tents build up on our streets.
We regularly receive reports of drug use, drug dealing and defecation on the streets near homeless tents, alongside local people being verbally abused by some of those begging.
Local residents have been telling us about the issue of speeding cyclists on the Outer Circle of Regent's Park. Many are concerned that it is increasingly difficult to safely cross the road, and about the lack of crossing points.
Cllr Paul Swaddle said
“I have met with the Royal Park and oth
As we look forward to PRIDE on Saturday 29 June, we spoke with Prospective MP Tim Barnes and Westminster Councillor Ed Pitt Ford outside the Palace of Westminster.
Tim explained,
"It's June, and that means it's Pride Month, a chance to celebrate all of the wonderful achievements of our LGBTQ-plus
We joined Prospective MP Tim Barnes and Pimlico Councillor Jim Glen at the Tresham South Centre in Pimlico, which opened on 28 May. Tim took the decision to open the centre when he was Cabinet Member for Young People and Learning on Westminster City Council.
We spoke to Tim Barnes, Prospective MP for the Cities of London & Westminster, which includes St. John's Wood, about the opportunity to work with the Met to provide comprehensive CCTV in and around the High Street.
Since May 2022, your Councillors have been increasingly concerned by the quality consultations and governance across the Labour-run Council.
In Marylebone, this has been demonstrated by a council department requesting to use £1.25m of the Neighbourhood Community Infrastructure (NCIL) fund for
