Labour’s latest plans are a deeply worrying development for homeowners - not just here in Westminster, but across the country. Behind slogans of ‘fiscal responsibility’ and ‘repairing public finances’ Labour is gearing up to squeeze every penny it can from those who have worked hard to buy their own homes.
Five months ago, in early April, local Little Venice Councillors Melvyn Caplan and Lorraine Dean reported a broken fence between Hall Park Estate and St Mary’s Churchyard. This issue remains unresolved, and so there is a significant amount of anti-social behaviour disturbing people living nearby.
We spoke to Cllr Rachael Robathan and Police Sergeant Claire Napper, to hear first-hand the progress being made to tackle the car meets on Exhibition Road, Knightsbridge.
Local Little Venice Councillors Melvyn Caplan and Lorraine Dean are concerned that Labour’s contraflow cycle proposal in Blomfield Road is going to be dangerous at the narrow entry point from Westbourne Terrace Bridge, for unsuspecting pedestrians. If you share their concerns, email your object
Cllr Paul Swaddle OBE has today written to the Labour Leader of the Council Adam Hug and its Chief Executive Stuart Love to ask them about the use of hotels for asylum seekers in Westminster. Cllr Swaddle asks whether they are seeking injunctions to block asylum seekers from being placed in Westminster hotels, particularly those based in residential areas.
We caught up with Regent's Park councillor Paul Swaddle at the Regent's Park bandstand, as he enjoyed the free music festival, which continues until 21 September.Watch Paul's video to get a flavour of the Festival and find out more at the Royal Parks' website.
Labour’s decisions are making our streets here in Westminster less safe. In just one year, new figures show that London has lost over 1,000 police officers - and that includes officers taken off our streets here in Westminster.
Across the country, Sir Keir Starmer has left our police forces with a £350 million funding black hole, forcing cuts and slashing recruitment by 17%. That means fewer neighbourhood officers, slower response times, and overstretched teams who are being asked to do more with less. Forcing our police to pick and choose which crimes they respond to is simply unacceptable.
Chiltern Railways has just announced its oldest carriages, built some 50 years ago, are being replaced with new rolling stock from Spring next year. It's replacing its Mark 3 carriages with 13 Mark 5A trains, which will be fueled with recyclable vegetable oil, thereby helping reduce emissions,
As Westminster Labour accuse the Conservatives of neglecting the Pimlico District Heating Undertaking, we think it is important to remind people that in 2022, we were asking for a trial of electric combi boilers. Two and a half years, multiple major bursts and one hospitalisation later, they st
