Hammersmith & Chiswick Conservatives Choose Local Crime Fighter Dinsmore as Parliamentary Candidate Wednesday, 25 October, 2023 Hammersmith & Chiswick Conservatives have chosen a high-profile crime fighter and local councillor as their standard bearer for the next General Election. Activists attended a packed meeting on Friday 21 October at Chiswick’s George IV pub to choose 34-year-old barrister Andrew Dinsmore from a three-person shortlist. Andrew hit the headlines earlier this year after taking an online petition to the... Local News
Progress on the Barnes Bridge Walkway and Call-in Developments 21st November 2021 The Barnes Bridge Walkway After nearly three years of development, work has started in earnest. Currently a number of piers are being built. Piling work enables... Local News
Great Work for Our Children But Not So on Finance from Labour 13th November 2021 Children services and National Adoption Week I recently went to Downing Street to meet with the Children's Commissioner, Dame Rachel de Souza and Children’s... Local News
The Importance of Making Educated Decisions 7th November 2021 Gosh, what a whirlwind the last nine weeks has been, two Chiswick Area Fora, one Borough Council, one public meeting, one lunch with Nick Rogers (our GLA member... Local News
Creeping Apartheid for Chiswick from Hounslow House and City Hall 31st October 2021 What is happening in Hounslow Affecting Chiswick Chiswick residents are daily becoming more and more of a form of creeping apartheid, preventing people... Local News
Contrasting Festivals, HMOs, and Fishers Lane 25th October 2021 Councillor life in Turnham Green ward is extremely busy all the time but this week seems to have been even more so. Tuesday presented us with diary clashes: the... Local News
Councillor Surgeries Suspended For Safety of Library Staff 17th October 2021 This Weekend Everybody in politics at national and local level will be thinking about the fate of David Amiss killed doing his normal duty to his constituents... Local News
Opposing a Council That Isn't Listening and Doesn't Care 11th October 2021 This is a difficult time for an Opposition Party watching the final policy mistakes of an administration that so many residents have called out. A classic... Local News
Councillor Life is Getting Back to Normal 3rd October 2021 There is some sense that councillor lives are getting back to normal. Certainly, the usual bitterness expressed towards Conservatives by the Labour group has... Local News
A Step Too Far? A Myopic and Indifferent Council in Action 19th September 2021 Councillors Sam Hearn and myself have formally called in a Hounslow Council (LBH) Chief Officer Decision (COD) titled ‘Covid -19 Transport Response – Interim... Local News
CPC23 Address from Thérèse Coffey 2nd October 2023 Find out what Thérèse Coffey, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Secretary said to CPC23 here. National News
CPC23 Address from Mel Stride 2nd October 2023 Find out what Mel Stride, Work and Pensions Secretary, said to CPC23 here. National News
CPC23 Address from Kemi Badenoch 2nd October 2023 Find out what Business and Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch said to CPC23 here. National News
CPC23 Address from Jeremy Hunt 2nd October 2023 Find out what Chancellor Jeramy Hunt said to CPC23 in Manchester here. National News
CPC23 Address from Lucy Frazer 2nd October 2023 Find out what Culture, Media and Sport Secretary Lucy Frazer said to CPC23. National News
CPC23 Address from Mark Harper 2nd October 2023 Find out what Transport Secretary Mark Harper said at CPC23 here. National News