White City

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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Air Passenger Duty – another Conservative promise broken

September 21, 2011

Regular visitors to my site will remember that I joined Labour MPs Diane Abbott and Fiona Mactaggart in lobbying Tory Treasury Minister Justine Greening for reform of the Air Passenger Duty (APD). Many constituents, especially those with family in the Caribbean, have voiced their complaints against the duty, because the charges are determined by distance [...]

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Westfield Expands

July 4, 2011

I met Westfield management on Friday to hear about their new planning application for the land between their existing Centre and the Hammersmith & City line railway.  Currently an industrial estate, they bought it mainly to stop Tesco taking it over, but now want to develop it.  It is common gossip that there is going [...]

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Social housing debate targets Housing Associations

May 9, 2011

In a six-hour debate on social housing in London, a surprising amount of criticism was leveled at Housing Associations, as Inside Housing Magazine picked up. It is possible to build decent homes that ordinary people can afford to buy or rent; the  picture above shows just such a development. Though it was put up just [...]

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Brave New World

April 26, 2011

I decided to spend my Easter break from Parliament in a planning inquiry. The Examination in Public of Hammersmith & Fulham’s Core Strategy to be precise. I expect you’d like to know what I found out. Actually you probably would. These are the proposals for what development the council intends to allow in H&F from [...]

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White City Whitewash

April 20, 2011

What is the future for White City? The way to find out last week was not reading about the Mayor of London’s ‘vision’ but attending the planning inquiry in the Town Hall. Although the planning framework for the area won’t be agreed until next year, Westfield and Imperial College are putting in planning applications for [...]

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QPR In the Community

December 7, 2009
Andy at QPR

Last week I visited Loftus Road to see the work of QPR’s Community Trust. I was welcomed by the Trust’s CEO Andy Evans. He told me that over £1million  is being spent every year on everything from a study centre for kids struggling in local schools to dance and pilates clases for pensioners from the [...]

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Phoenix’s 15th Presentation Evening

November 12, 2009
15th Phoenix Presentation Evening

Last week I spoke at the 15th Phoenix Presentation Evening. Phoenix continues to excel due to Government support and excellent teaching staff. On top of the huge investments by the Labour Government (and Labour Council before the 2006 Tory takeover), now the Government has given £20 million on new buildings for the school and £10 [...]

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Andy Slaughter’s eNews #62

November 5, 2009

Content Countdown to Copenhagen Imperial – Happy birthday and good health Transport – cross words and Crossrail BNP Postscript H&F – Pouring money away H&F News – Mr Davies cross-examines Week’s Round Up

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Somali Women’s Support and Development Group

November 2, 2009
Somali women support group

The Somali Women’s Support and Development Group held an open day on White City. I met with the Group’s coordinator Kissu Savage, pictured second from the right. Kissu talked to me about helping Somali women to better themselves and helping those who may have been mistreated. I spoke to the group and met several dozen [...]

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