London Assembly Member Susan Hall joined Cllr Paul Swaddle, talking to shopkeepers on Lancaster Gate's Queensway this weekend.Cllr Swaddle explains"So we're down here on Queensway and Susan and I have been chatting to the shopkeepers and we're finding some terrible stories of petty theft and even ag
Across Westminster, local people regularly complain about abandoned e-bikes - blocking pavements or residents' car park bays, causing a risk to older people, to the visually impaired or those with young families.
Plans by Labour-controlled Westminster City Council to charge leaseholders living in Churchill Gardens, Abbots Manor, Lillington, Longmoore, and Russell House up to £66,000 per flat have sparked huge concern.
Last week, the Mayor of London announced that he would press on with forming a Mayor Development Corporation and the pedestrianisation of Oxford Street. His consultation with the entire city of London (approximately 9 million residents) received only a little over 6,500 responses.
Cllr Paul Swaddle OBE, Leader of the Opposition Conservative Group at Westminster Council, has today spoken out against Labour Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan's plans to pedestrianise Oxford Street - plans which are only backed by 4,000 people across the whole of London!Paul explainsI'm here on Oxford Street.
Time for tougher powers to deal with begging, trespass and tentsWestminster Conservatives are glad the Government will scrap the Vagrancy Act and stop making rough sleeping a crime.
Three years ago, the new Labour Council took power promising to build new homes, improve services and place local estate residents at the very heart of housing. Today, those promises are increasingly hollow.