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
Chiswick Well Placed for a Community Led Recovery 9th May 2021 The Community This Sunday’s Antique Market is another shining example of Community led initiative. Held in Chiswick, now becoming a focus for well organised... Local News
The More Things Change the More Things Stay the Same 2nd May 2021 Plus ça change? Since writing my previous blog at the end of February, there have been many events that have marked our lives – the passing of loved ones... Local News
On Team Playing, Listening and Acting 24th April 2021 Listening Residents telling us how it is: The post bag and E mail traffic is now about consultations on street space and the continuing hassle and danger caused... Local News
Chiswick's Councillors Pay Tribute To Prince Philip 17th April 2021 This week has seen the nation and the Commonwealth enter a period of mourning following the death of His late Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of... Local News
Hounslow Council is Not Listening To Residents 10th April 2021 The Wider World The news at the end of the week gave everybody pause for thought. The death of HRH the Duke of Edinburgh marks an era passing for the whole of... Local News
Lots of Unanswered Questions at the Borough Council Meeting 4th April 2021 Easing lockdown – no complacency This week we have seen the easing of lockdown across England, with the ‘stay at home’ order coming to an end. Whilst this is a... Local News
Money, Money, Money - a Week Dominated by Supporting Local Traders 28th March 2021 It's been week of money, money, money. Not mine, well it is – and yours, too. It's the grants allocated to retail, hospitality and leisure businesses to help... Local News
Brace Yourselves for Strand on the Green Traffic Chaos 22nd March 2021 Another busy week with lots to keep my colleagues and I occupied; Kew Bridge – The up-river pavement has been closed to pedestrians for over two months whilst... Local News
Chiswick Homefields ward councillor John Todd reports back on his week 13th March 2021 Dukes Meadows Footbridge Project Contractors have now cleared an area of scrubland adjacent to the Emanuel boathouse for a site for a crane. Trees that were on... Local News
Amanda Milling: ‘The PM still has support of Red Wall despite locking down the North’ 19th September 2020 Amanda Milling, chairwoman of the Conservative party, is wincing at the memory of being a government whip at the height of last year’s parliamentary paralysis... National News
Independent Investigation into Discrimination reaches second phase 18th September 2020 The Independent Investigation into Discrimination within the Conservative party reaches its second phase: the public call for evidence. National News
Prime Minister’s statement on protecting the Union: Speech in Full 14th September 2020 The Prime Minister sets out the case for the Internal Market Bill, which would secure free trade inside of the United Kingdom once we exit the transition period... National News
UK and Japan agree historic free trade agreement 14th September 2020 This deal will boost trade between our two countries by £15.2 billion, creating jobs and delivering new opportunities across every part of the United Kingdom. National News