The Mayor called Westminster bad custodians of Oxford Street. A year after taking over its planters, they're all dead. Cllr Tim Barnes: false deadlines lead to things going wrong. "Like dead plants."
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@2cities.bsky.socialThe Mayor called Westminster bad custodians of Oxford Street. A year after taking over its planters, they're all dead. Cllr Tim Barnes: false deadlines lead to things going wrong. "Like dead plants."
@2cities.bsky.social📚 St John's Wood Library reopened on Wednesday, five days ahead of schedule, after a five-week refurbishment by Westminster's Conservative council. Cllr Robert Rigby went along on day one. #TwoCities
@2cities.bsky.social💙 Conservatives promised Westminster a clean city, and they're delivering. Council Leader Cllr Paul Swaddle joined the Veolia team to clear graffiti: offensive graffiti within 12 hours of a report, 94% of all graffiti within three days.
@2cities.bsky.socialWhitehall to town halls, not just City Hall. At conference, Cllr Paul Swaddle made the case for a direct financial link so councils share in the benefit visitors bring, not just the clean-up. 🏛️
@2cities.bsky.socialPromise made, promise kept. Westminster's Conservative council has seized more than 1,000 dockless bikes since May and doubled enforcement patrols. 🚲
@2cities.bsky.socialKemi Badenoch wants VAT-free shopping back. Cllr Festus Akinbusoye on BBC Politics London: Westminster contributes a phenomenal amount to the UK's tourist industry, so it's a good idea. Full story: go.twocities.org.uk/vat-free-bbc #TwoCities
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@2cities.bsky.socialOxford Street closes to traffic on 26 October. Cllr Festus Akinbusoye on BBC Politics London: what happens to the displaced traffic, the buses and the emergency services? #TwoCities
@2cities.bsky.socialYour West End Conservative councillors, Tim Barnes and Elizabeth Amos, held their monthly surgeries in Soho and Mayfair, and residents reported real progress. Next one: Saturday 7 November.
@2cities.bsky.socialOxford Street works are under way, with 26 October fast approaching. Cllr Tim Barnes: the Mayor is "rushing preparations with little time left."
Full story: go.twocities.org.uk/oxford-st-works-begin #TwoCities
@2cities.bsky.socialA £150m Oxford Street scheme with no full environmental impact assessment, waved through by Labour ministers. Cllr Tim Barnes: the Mayor is "rushing preparations".
Full story: go.twocities.org.uk/oxford-st-no-eia #TwoCities
@2cities.bsky.social929 dangerously parked dockless bikes seized and over £300,000 in fines. Westminster's Conservative council is keeping pavements clear.
Full story: go.twocities.org.uk/dockless-bikes-929 #TwoCities
@2cities.bsky.socialRichard Holden MP: Labour ministers and the Mayor are "asleep at the wheel" over illegal traders on Westminster Bridge. Westminster Council is acting, it's time Government did too.
Full story: go.twocities.org.uk/westminster-bridge-traders #TwoCities
@2cities.bsky.social£20m wasted when the Mayor scrapped the last Oxford Street plan, and still no answers on cleaning, policing or emergency access. Cllr Tim Barnes on BBC London.
@2cities.bsky.socialCllr Paul Swaddle OBE wants HMRC data to catch the estimated 2,700 illegal short lets in Westminster, and return homes to families who need them.
Full story: go.twocities.org.uk/hmrc-short-lets #TwoCities
@2cities.bsky.socialLabour is cutting Westminster's funding by £100m. Westminster's Conservative council wants to hear from residents before the tough choices ahead.
Survey closes 5pm today: www.westm.news/bc #TwoCities
@2cities.bsky.socialSadiq Khan says he'll be a "good custodian" of Oxford Street. Andrew Boff AM says he failed to properly consult disabled Londoners. Get it right before 26 October, not after.
Full story: go.twocities.org.uk/oxford-st-custodian #TwoCities
@2cities.bsky.socialCllrs Ben Sewell and Robert Rigby lined up for the Westminster Wave of the Vitality Westminster Mile, two of the 10,000 taking on The Mall this weekend. 🏃
@2cities.bsky.socialBlue Note is open in Covent Garden. Cllr Tim Barnes: "another world-class venue that will help build the future of live music in London." 🎷
Full story: go.twocities.org.uk/blue-note-times #TwoCities
@2cities.bsky.socialGood luck to everyone taking part in the Vitality Westminster Mile today, from The Mall to Buckingham Palace. 🏃
