After four years of failure by Westminster Labour, today Conservatives are launching Our Plan for Westminster. Conservatives have a plan to provide safe streets, a clean city and real action. We spoke with the Conservative Leader of Westminster City Council, Cllr Paul Swaddle, to find out more.
Labour's Housing Hypocrisy: Evicting Residents to House the HomelessWestminster Labour Council is forcing dozens of longstanding residents out of their homes so it can use their flats to house homeless Londoners from another part of the city entirely.Private renters at Garden Court, a block of 32 fl
This article originally appeared in London Centric on 26 March.
In the final weeks before the government bans no-fault evictions, there have been high-profile examples of London’s private renters being ejected from their homes, most notably by Asif Aziz’s Criterion Capital.
But in a dark twist, one London council is contributing to the problem by indirectly evicting dozens of longstanding residents from a block of flats so it can use their homes to house homeless Londoners from another part of the city.
This article originally appeared in The Telegraph on 25 March.
The buskers on the Tube, who might get my money if they gently plucked, now amplify their contribution. Perhaps they are competing. This racket has spread to the streets. But far from central authorities trying to police any of this, it is becoming clear that the Mayor of London, Sir Sadiq Khan, wants more.
This article originally appeared in BBC News on 25 March.
"We've not found many rented properties in the current climate... if we cannot manage, we will be homeless," says Garden Court resident Su Su Myat.
She is one of a number of private tenants living at the block of flats situated opposite Kew Gardens who have been served soon-to-be abolished Section 21 eviction notices by their landlord Dorrington as it finalises a £16m purchase by Westminster City Council.
This article originally appeared in The Fitzrovia News on 23 March.
For better or worse, the pedestrianisation of Oxford Street is set to be one of Sir Sadiq Khan’s lasting legacies in City Hall.
The Mayor of London gave final approval to Transport for London (TfL) in February to remove traffic between Great Portland Street and Orchard Street in a bid to make the road a “global leader for shopping, leisure and outdoor events”, and to divert buses, taxis and pedal cycles through Marylebone and part of Fitzrovia.
This article originally appeared on GB News on 23 March.
Sir Sadiq Khan and Transport for London are being urged to take action to prevent the dwindling number of taxi drivers from falling further.
New data show that over the last 12 months, licensed taxi drivers have fallen from 14,450 to 13,784, as experts have issued a stark warning.
Crime in Westminster has risen under Labour's watch and local people are suffering the consequences. We spoke with the Conservative Leader of Westminster City Council, Cllr Paul Swaddle, to find out more. Paul explained, "Westminster Labour and Sadiq Khan's record on our streets is clear: phone snatching, robbery, shoplifting, public disorder and criminal damage are all up. Enforcement is nowhere to be seen. The Labour-led Council has just stood by as Sadiq Khan slashes police officers and staff across London:
1,700 Met officers and staff cut.
Royal Parks Police: dismantled.
School officers: removed.
Local officers removed to cover demonstrations."
Leader of Westminster Conservatives, Cllr Paul Swaddle OBE, is demanding urgent answers after concerns were raised with him by residents that Westminster City Council has purchased a block of flats in Kew and eviction notices have since been served on the majority of existing tenants, including elde
