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
Turnham Green ward councillor Ron Mushiso reports back on his week 8th March 2021 The Chancellor’s budget this week had one underlining theme. Honesty. Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP had acknowledged from the outset, that our National economy had... Local News
A Week of Packed Agendas 27th February 2021 Chiswick Riverside ward councillor Gabriella Giles reports back on her week It has barely been a month since my last blog. Long ago, at the end of January, I... Local News
Turnham Green ward councillor Ranjit Gill reports back on his week 20th February 2021 Vaccination milestones and pride in our NHS On Monday, 15th February we reached a milestone with over 15m vaccinations administered in less than 10 weeks to... Local News
Chiswick Homefields ward councillor Gerald McGregor reports back on his week 13th February 2021 This week the emphasis is on Health and tributes to carers and to Sir Tom Moore. The Youth Programme 2021 Charities and social care and development in youth... Local News
Covid-19, Hounslow Planning Committee, Homelessness and Casework 6th February 2021 The Government achieved an impressive milestone with 10 million of the population receiving at least a first injection. Among them are my parents and remaining... Local News
Is the Council Consulting or Obfuscating? 31st January 2021 Starter for 2021 I don’t know about you, but as I write on the penultimate day of the first month of 2021, it feels like January has flown by. Traditionally... Local News
Lifting Spirits without Drinking the Kool-Aid 24th January 2021 During what seems to be a far more depressing and difficult lockdown, everyone needs a bit of a lift and mine came this week with the High Court's ruling about... Local News
Frustration on Zoom and the Poetry of Tea 17th January 2021 Friday 8 th January: I reflect on last night’s Streetspace consultation for business. This was one of a series of virtual events being run for the council by... Local News
Getting the Jab and Pollarding on the Eyot 9th January 2021 Vaccination time On Wednesday last I received the Pfizer vaccination at the Chiswick Health Centre. The vaccinator was a charming Doctor from Isleworth... Local News
The Prime Minister's Update: Tackling the Coronavirus 30th April 2020 The Prime Minister's latest update on April 30 on tackling Coronavirus. National News
We’re extending coronavirus testing to meet our 100,000 tests a day target 30th April 2020 From today, Coronavirus testing has been extended further to protect our most vulnerable and keep people safe. National News
How our Bounce Back Loans will boost small businesses affected by coronavirus 28th April 2020 Small businesses will benefit from a new fast-track finance scheme providing loans with a 100% government-backed guarantee for lenders, the Chancellor announced... National News
Boris Johnson: If we keep going, we will beat coronavirus together 27th April 2020 The Prime Minister has returned to Downing Street to lead the country in tackling coronavirus. He lays out the five tests for when we are moving to phase two of... National News
Coronavirus testing available to all essential workers 24th April 2020 All essential workers in England and members of their households who are showing symptoms of coronavirus will now be able to get tested. National News
Our Future Fund for supporting innovative British businesses 21st April 2020 We’re supporting start-ups by delivering £250m of new government funding to innovative businesses across the United Kingdom. National News
