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
Jeremy Corbyn’s policy of continuing free movement with the EU would cost over £4 billion in benefits 27th November 2019 New analysis has revealed that Jeremy Corbyn’s plan to continue free movement with EU countries would cost DWP over £4 billion in extra benefit costs over the... National News
Boris Johnson: Poor mobile phone signal will be a thing of the past 27th November 2019 The scourge of poor mobile phone signal in rural areas will be a thing of the past under bold new plans to be fast tracked in the first 100 days of a... National News
New national vaccination reminder system to boost childhood vaccination rates 27th November 2019 A Conservative majority government will introduce a national vaccination reminder system to boost childhood vaccination rates. National News
Tax hikes for the many – new report reveals millions face tax hikes under Labour 26th November 2019 A new official report released by the Conservative Party today, The Twelve Taxes of Labour, shows Labour’s manifesto would mean taxes rising for millions of... National News
Jeremy Corbyn's plan to hold two referendums will take up the whole of 2020 and will cost over £150m 26th November 2019 New analysis has revealed that Jeremy Corbyn’s plan to hold two referendums in 2020 will take until September 2020 at the very earliest, and that the cost will... National News
Conservatives ask Labour - will you get Brexit done? 25th November 2019 Conservative candidates across the country have today written to their Labour opponents asking them to confirm where they stand on Brexit and whether they will... National News
