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New interactive playground provided at St Barnabas School

Cllr Jacqui Wilkinson joined Nickie Aiken MP, Belgravia Councillors and Kate McCarthy, Chair of Governors at the opening of the new interactive playground at St Barnabas School.   The Government’s new Early Years Framework requires that as much learning as possible should take place outsi

Plans for this year’s Tea Dance at the Grosvenor House Hotel are under way!

A highlight for our senior residents has been the Grosvenor House Hotel Tea Dance, which was started 15 years ago by Pimlico Councillor Christabel Flight and is now organised by the Sir Simon Milton Foundation.  Sadly last year’s event was cancelled because of the Pandemic but we are hopeful t

Handsome new railings to curb anti-social behaviour on Star Street

Your Conservative councillors  have organised funding, following consultation with local people and the Hyde Park Paddington Neighbourhood Forum, for new railings on Star Street.  The intention is that they help prevent anti-social behaviour and littering among the trees and bushes c

Elizabeth Campbell and Rachel Robathan: Don’t level London down

The following article, co-authored by the Leader of Westminster City Council Rachael Robathan with the Leader of The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea Elizabeth Campbell, first appeared in Conservative Home.  The Prime Minister’s commitment – made ahead of the last election – to level-

Stockley House Tower

We have been shown plans for the redevelopment of Stockley House in Wilton Road, which has been unoccupied for a number of years. We were shocked to learn that the plans included a 90 metre high tower, which would be the same height as the Nova Building in Victoria Street.   Cllr Ja

Congestion Charge Consultation still open

Despite promises from the Mayor of London that the hours for the Congestion Charge, the fee and the exemptions would revert to their pre-pandemic levels this September, a consultation has been launched on keeping the charge from noon until 6pm for weekends and retaining the increase to £15. There i

New Traffic Lights at the Junction of St George’s Drive and Warwick Way

For the past 3 years, Cllr Jacqui Wilkinson has been working with Westminster City Council and Transport for London to replace the traffic lights at the junction of St George’s Drive and Warwick Way. Cllr Jacqui Wilkinson:  “The traffic lights at this junction were a real worry.

Applying for Free School Meals

Last week the Council launched a new online portal for parents and carers to apply for free school meals.

A new approach to tackling fly tipping on Bathurst and Westbourne Streets

Selfish dumping of rubbish by the tree at the end of Bathurst Street on Westbourne Street has to stop. Your councillors have commissioned new signs to show that a 90 second walk will take people with waste to dump as far as the Big Black Bin outside St James’s Church on Sussex Gardens. In the