Hammersmith

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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Development news from the Hammersmith Society

April 10, 2013
hammersmith bridge

It is difficult keeping up with the mass of unregulated high-rise developments going on around the borough, so a huge thank you to the Hammersmith Society which has summarised the major ones in its latest newsletter.  The common features of overdevelopment by density and height, lack of open space or affordable housing are particularly worrying.

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Hammersmith House of Horrors

March 28, 2013
Coun HOuseled

The first of April will be no joke for anybody in Hammersmith living in social housing or relying on housing benefit. A shower of measures comes into force – the Bedroom Tax; thousands of families currently awaiting new homes will find themselves thrown off the housing register; new tenants will be subjected to draconian short-term [...]

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Deputy Mayor Referred to IPCC over West Ken Allegations

January 15, 2013

Earlier today news came that the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime in London has been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission over allegations about the behaviour of Hammersmith and Fulham Council while he was in charge. The substance of the complaint is in this letter to the GLA from the community organiser who [...]

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West Ken Masterplan – Objection

October 10, 2011

Many constituents have made their feelings on the Masterplan abundantly clear. It includes the demolition of 760 homes on the West Kensington and Gibbs Green estates. The overwhelming majority of residents do not want this scheme and have organised themselves in order to oppose it. When the matter was first raised, my constituents were told [...]

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Down the Sewers

September 23, 2011

Thames Water took a group of journalists and politicians down the sewers at Hammersmith Pumping Station last week – coals to Newcastle you might think.  They wanted to persuade us that the Thames Tunnel was not product of folie de grandeur as H&F Council’s propaganda proclaims but the best if not only way of stopping [...]

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Rotary Club of Hammersmith at West London College

September 13, 2011

Last Friday, in my first public function as Hammersmith Rotary’s newest member, I visited Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College with the Rotary Club of Hammersmith, to endorse the club’s presence at the student induction week. The college was recently voted the fifth best higher education college in the country, and the best in London, [...]

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Lax town planning will harm our economy & harm the environment

September 12, 2011

It has become apparent that developers are seeking to gain from the unusual position of a Tory administration at national, London and local level. I have already expressed my concern at the level and nature of development, which comprises accommodation aimed at City or foreign investors built on sites reserved for employment or affordable housing. [...]

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Tailwind at the POSK

September 8, 2011

On Saturday I was invited to a special showing of the film Tailwind by The Polish Social & Cultural Association based on King Street. It is always a pleasure to visit POSK,  which provides a wonderful resource for the community, as well as a friendly atmosphere for Poles to meet and socialise. It also offers [...]

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My visit to The British Safety Council

September 5, 2011

Last week I visited The British Safety Council in Hammersmith. It was my first proper employer back in the early 1980s, so it was a pleasure to visit them again. They have grown into one of the world’s leading health and safety organisations giving advice and assistance to companies in Britain and around the world. [...]

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