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Rough sleepers and rough weather in Vincent Square

The pandemic persuaded more rough sleepers to come in and get help.  The Council's offer, says Cllr David Harvey "made night after night with our charity partners, includes housing, medical help and a road back to stability."  Last week’s national street count showed 188 sleeping rough a

Helping deliver better broadband in Connaught Street and Connaught Square

In cooperation with commercial provider GNetworks, your councillors have worked to accelerate local delivery of full fibre broadband.  Thank you to all those residents who have been inconvenienced by the roadworks involved.  The latest news is that GNetworks are looking to start the Stan

Raids on unsafe retailers

In another joint operation with the police in Westminster, which also involved HMRC and Immigration officers, has resulted in 11,000 items being confiscated including unsafe toys, counterfeit goods, nicotine products from shops on Oxford Street. Additional foodstuffs were seized, including some whi

Soho Lights Designed By Local Children

A new set of Christmas lights designed by children from Soho Parish School have been switched on by Cllr Andrew Smith, Lord Mayor of the City of Westminster. Cllr Jonathan Glanz and Cllr Timothy Barnes helped the project by working to secure ward budget funding and Cllr Barnes also helped to s

New railings in Knightsbridge

Knightsbridge will shortly be looking even smarter as the local councillors have secured funding to paint railings around the area. Cllr Rachael Robathan explains, "I am really pleased that we have been able to find the funds to re paint the Council maintained railings in the area. "We know

Tackling Pedicabs in the West End

Within the powers it has, Conservative-led Westminster City Council is doing all it can to limit the impact of anti-social pedicabs. Last month, officers from the Council teamed up with local police on an operation to tackle some of the drivers that cause the most disruption.  As a result of

Autumn leaf clearing in Vincent Square

There was a great display of autumn colour in our local parks including Millbank and St John’s Gardens.  Once the leaves have fallen "we clear them quickly and cheaply", says Cllr Selina Short.

Awards for Council developments

Two development projects by Westminster City Council have won prestigious awards. Last Friday, Ebury Edge won the Community Prize at the New London Architecture Awards.