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
Looking Forward To A Community-led Recovery In The New Year 2nd January 2021 Readers of our weekly Councillor column will be familiar with our rotation by now. As it turns out, I have the pleasure of closing off 2020. Therefore, on... Local News
Dealing with an Unresponsive Council and a Night Prowler 12th December 2020 Nine weeks seem to come around quickly – it's blog time again. What’s changed in Chiswick since my previous blog? Traffic LTNs and Streetspace Not a lot. The... Local News
Streetspace, LTNs and the Need to Support Our Local Shops 5th December 2020 Walking around Chiswick it's clear that residents are pre-occupied with two issues. The Streetspace road closures including C9 and the prospect of the whole of... Local News
How To Have a Covid Ready Christmas 28th November 2020 Covid-19: Going into Tier-2 Councillors attended a meeting on 27 th November with senior council officers to discuss the latest national and local guidance with... Local News
A Week in Chiswick When Decades Happened 21st November 2020 As the saying goes, there are decades when nothing happens and there are weeks when decades happen. And so it has been this week, here on my laptop and phone... Local News
17 Buses Stationary on the High Road on Friday Afternoon 14th November 2020 Chiswick Traffic Chaos Hounslow Council traffic schemes including Streetspace, Turnham Green Terrace, Devonshire Road, Low traffic neighbourhoods and other... Local News
Cllr Biddolph's speech Seconding the Motion of No Confidence in Hounslow Council Leader 13th November 2020 MOTION OF NO CONFIDENCE IN HOUNSLOW COUNCIL LEADER Borough Council Meeting of 10th November 2020 Thank you Mr Mayor. I'm seconding this motion because of the... Local News
Motion of No Confidence in Steve Curran, leader of Hounslow Borough Council 11th November 2020 The motion of no confidence in Steve Curran as leader of the council is due to a constitutional anomaly. The leader of the council is elected by the Borough... Local News
Press release: stop the mutilation of Chiswick 11th November 2020 CONSERVATIVE COUNCILLORS FIGHT THE COUNCIL TO SAVE CHISWICK FROM TRAFFIC CHAOS At a meeting of Hounslow Council on Tuesday Conservative Councillors fought to... Local News
Our Further Financial Support for Jobs and Businesses 23rd October 2020 We are announcing a package specifically for those businesses which are not forced to close, but face reduced demand due to additional social distancing... National News
How our Culture Recovery Fund is Supporting the Arts 14th October 2020 The Culture Secretary has announced £257 million to help save theatres, arts venues, museums and cultural organisations across England, protecting both jobs and... National News
Boris Johnson’s Update on tackling coronavirus 12th October 2020 We must act now to control the spread of the virus and protect the NHS, so we can keep cancer treatments, elective surgeries and other vital diagnostic services... National News
Conservative Party Conference 2020 speeches 7th October 2020 See speeches from Virtual Conservative Party Conference 2020 outlining how we will build back better from the pandemic. National News
Conservative Party Conference 2020: Day 4 6th October 2020 This Government is working night and day to repel coronavirus. And we'll succeed due to the energy and self-sacrifice of the British people. And as we recover... National News
Boris Johnson: Read the Prime Minister’s Keynote Speech in full 6th October 2020 Prime Minister Boris Johnson on how the Conservative Party will get us to Build Back Better from coronavirus and how he will be leading a green industrial... National News