Council spends nearly £900,000 on B&B accommodation

May 15, 2013
B&B accommodation

Following an information request I submitted under the Freedom of Information act, Hammersmith & Fulham Council has been forced to admit that it spent £859,863 last year to house homeless families in temporary B&B accommodation. This represents an 1140% increase over the £69,339 that was spent by the Council in 2011. In 2011, the Council [...]

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Rachmaninoff soirée at St Saviour’s Wendell Park – Thursday, 16th May

May 10, 2013
piano

This Thursday a concert will be held at St Saviour’s Wendell Park at 8pm. Featured will be the young, Italian pianist, Marco Ciampi, playing works by Sergei Rachmaninoff. Admission is free, although donations will be welcome.  

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Hammersmith ‘Flyunder’ news

May 8, 2013
Hammersmith flyunder

I recently attended an event at the Mayor’s Parlour at Hammersmith Town Hall to find out more about proposals for a ‘flyunder’ to replace the existing Hammersmith flyover. The arguments put forward for the proposals are very compelling, and I spoke in support of these plans. A copy of the brochure produced by West London [...]

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Airport capacity in London “could be used more effectively.”

May 2, 2013
heathrow expansion

The London Assembly Transport Committee has published a new report, “Airport Capacity in London”, which suggests that there is substantial capacity at London’s existing airport runways and that this existing capacity could be more effectively used. Research commissioned for the London Assembly showed: Stansted Airport: 47 per cent of runway slots are available Luton Airport: [...]

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Amazon Publish Book about West Ken Estate

April 30, 2013
Cinzia

Cinzia D’Ambrosi is a photojournalist, based in London. She is passionate about telling stories of our times through the lives of communities. She has written a short book, “The People Estates” –  a story based on the struggle of people in West Ken to prevent thier homes being bulldozed. Amazon Kindle have accepted her book [...]

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Save our Hospitals Marches On

April 29, 2013
Ealing RALLY

There was a fantastic turnout for the Save our Hospitals Rally in Ealing on Saturday, proving that the campaign to prevent the closure of our A&Es is not going away, but getting stronger, as more and more people find out just how disastrous these plans are. In front of a crowd that organisers described as [...]

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Heathrow – a Loud and Clear No!

April 29, 2013
heathrow2

A busy Saturday got off to an early start in Barnes where  I went to speak in the “Say No to Expansion at Heathrow”  rally at the invitation of  organiser, Richmond MP Zac Goldsmith. Just about every west London politician was there to echo residents’ views that another runway at Heathrow would be an intolerable [...]

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Pickles gives Council go-ahead for West Ken Homes Sell-off

April 19, 2013
West-Kensington-estate 2

  Eric Pickles, Secretary of State for Local Government, and cheerleader for H&F Tories (whom he calls the ‘apple of his eye’) has unsurprisingly agreed to the Council’s fire sale of the West Ken and Gibbs Green Estates to property developer CapCo, despite the opposition of 80% of the 760 families who live there. What [...]

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Shepherds Bush Market – CPO to be subject to public inquiry!

April 17, 2013
shepherds-bush-market

On the 27th of March I submitted a formal objection to the Council’s Compulsory Purchase Order regarding the Shepherds Bush Market Area. Given the number of e-mails I received from constituents about this issue, it would seem that many local residents also made their thoughts known and submitted their own objections to the CPO. In [...]

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Screening of 5 Broken Cameras in West London

April 15, 2013
Broken cameras palestine

The West London Palestine Solidarity Campaign will be holding a screening of the award-winning documentary, ’5 Broken Cameras‘ directed by Emad Burnat & Guy Davidi on Tuesday the 30th of April at 7pm. The screening will be held at the Chiswick Catholic Centre, 2 Duke’s Avenue, off Chiswick High Rd., W4 2AE. Admission is free and [...]

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