Local councillors Mo Elmi and Ed Pitt Ford are out with Westminster's community mobile recycling team in Pimlico North today, as the team sets up to help residents drop off bulky waste and other unwanted items.
Westminster City Council's last-minute effort to delay the pedestrianisation of Oxford Street has been rejected by the Government, the Evening Standard has reported.
“The Labour government’s so-called Fair Funding Review 2.0 has singled out Westminster for one of the biggest real-terms funding cuts anywhere in the country, with £100million being slashed from the council’s core budget. To fill the gap, the government is forcing councils like ours to put up council tax and cut local services" explains Cllr Paul Fisher.
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has hinted he may reform property tax later in his premiership in a move that threatens to hit London, telling the Evening Standard in an exclusive interview that he wants to ensure "fairness" in how homes are taxed across the country.
"The Government's Fairer Funding Review is stripping hundreds of millions of pounds out of London councils, including here in Westminster. Andy Burnham needs to explain why Londoners, who already pay some of the highest taxes and housing costs in the country, are being asked to subsidise a political fix elsewhere" said Cllr Paul Swaddle
"We are taking action to take these off the streets and to warn families about the dangers with some of these products that really are not what they seem" says Cllr Caroline Sargent.
Paul Swaddle: "The Government's Fairer Funding Review is stripping hundreds of millions of pounds out of London councils, including here in Westminster. Andy Burnham needs to explain why Londoners, who already pay some of the highest taxes and housing costs in the country, are being asked to subsidise a political fix elsewhere."
"This is a truly shocking case of someone deliberately and repeatedly cheating the system for their own personal gain... I commend the work of our Anti-Fraud service for securing this prosecution and hope the harsh penalties will send a clear message that we will not tolerate people abusing the system." said Caroline Sargent
Conservatives from Westminster, Kensington & Chelsea and Wandsworth challenge Labour's funding cuts, as council warns of new Family Home Tax, Burnham's land tax plans, and £56 million of local Labour waste
