@westminsterconservatives.comKemi Badenoch wants to bring back VAT-free shopping. On BBC Politics London, Cllr Festus Akinbusoye said Westminster contributes a phenomenal amount to the UK's tourist industry, so it's a good idea. Full story: westm.news/vat-free-bbc #WestminsterMatters #Westminster #CityThatWorksForAll
@westminsterconservatives.comWestminster Council is seizing badly parked e-bikes, charging operators to release them, and has doubled the enforcement teams on patrol. From BBC Politics London. #WestminsterMatters #Westminster #CityThatWorksForAll #SafeStreets
@westminsterconservatives.comWest End councillors Tim Barnes and Elizabeth Amos met residents in Soho and Mayfair, and many reported progress on issues raised before. Next surgery: Saturday 7 November.
@westminsterconservatives.comThe Banksy artwork near Queen's Mews is now protected behind glass, so residents and visitors can once again see and enjoy it. 🎨
Cllr Philip Stephenson-Oliver: "an unusual and valuable piece of public art in our area."
@westminsterconservatives.comFinal call: Westminster's Budget Choices survey closes tomorrow. £100m is being taken from Westminster by the Labour government and the council is asking which services matter most to you. Five to ten minutes, closes 5pm Wednesday 30 September: westm.news/BC #WestminsterMatters
@westminsterconservatives.comLittle Venice looks like the picture of affluence, but nearly half its residents rent privately and many are dealing with leaks, damp and mould. Cllr Louise Shaw's maiden speech: housing is not simply about buildings, it is about the people who live in them. #WestminsterMatters
@westminsterconservatives.comLast chance to have your say on Westminster's Budget Choices. £100m is being taken from Westminster by the Labour government and the council is asking which services matter most to you. Five to ten minutes, closes 5pm Wednesday 30 September: westm.news/BC #WestminsterMatters
@westminsterconservatives.comWestminster generates £95bn, 4% of UK output, and is home to one in 50 UK businesses. Cllr San Abishev, new councillor for St James's, on turning that into growth, from the planning backlog to AI. His maiden speech at Full Council. #WestminsterMatters #Westminster
@westminsterconservatives.comFurther in 131 days than Labour managed in its last year in office. Cllr Tim Barnes closing the first 100 days debate at Full Council. Safe streets, a clean city, value for money, driving growth: the promises made in May, and the record so far. #WestminsterMatters
@westminsterconservatives.comCllrs Ben Sewell and Robert Rigby at the start of the Westminster Wave of the Vitality Westminster Mile, as 10,000 people ran down The Mall towards Buckingham Palace this weekend. 🏃
@westminsterconservatives.comWestminster cannot keep its streets safe without a Met that keeps its officers. Cllr Festus Akinbusoye, a former Police and Crime Commissioner, asked every party at Full Council to put politics aside on police attrition. That offer stands. #WestminsterMatters #SafeStreets
@westminsterconservatives.comCllr Elliot Keck's maiden speech made the biggest claim of the night: 200 million lives saved by the discovery of penicillin in Hyde Park ward. Not that it's a competition, but if it was, Hyde Park would win. #WestminsterMatters #Westminster
@westminsterconservatives.com'A clean street is not a luxury. It affects how people feel about where they live, their sense of pride, their sense of safety and their sense of community.' Cllr Mohamed Elmi, Pimlico North, in his maiden speech at Full Council. #WestminsterMatters
@westminsterconservatives.comThe resident pushing a pram past an overflowing bin. The shopkeeper facing graffiti on their shutters every morning. Cllr Mohamed Elmi, new councillor for Pimlico North, on why clean streets come first, in his maiden speech at Full Council. #WestminsterMatters #Westminster
@westminsterconservatives.comGood luck to everyone taking part in the Vitality Westminster Mile today, from The Mall to Buckingham Palace. Walk it, jog it or run it, enjoy every step. 🏃
@westminsterconservatives.com'You cannot have safer streets without tough and effective, yet proportionate, enforcement.' Cllr Festus Akinbusoye, former Police and Crime Commissioner, in his maiden speech at Full Council. #WestminsterMatters #SafeStreets
@westminsterconservatives.comFrom Abbey Road Studios to Lord's via the world's most photographed zebra crossing. Cllr Festus Akinbusoye's maiden speech at Full Council, and a former Police and Crime Commissioner on his new job: no Tasers, no police dogs, no nee-na. #WestminsterMatters #Westminster
@westminsterconservatives.comWestminster: around 4% of UK output, 800,000 people a day, 7 to 8% of the country's business rates. Cllr Tim Barnes delivered the council's first ever growth statement at Full Council. Driving growth was one of our four promises in May. #WestminsterMatters #Westminster
@westminsterconservatives.comLabour MPs voted for the settlement that takes £100m from Westminster. Then Labour councillors came to Full Council to complain about the consequences. Cllr Elliot Keck asked the only question that matters: do you believe your residents can afford it? #WestminsterMatters
@westminsterconservatives.comPedestrianising Oxford Street moves the traffic, it does not remove it. The Mayor's own screening shows NO2 on Piccadilly rising above WHO targets. Cllr Tim Barnes has asked for the full air quality analysis for the surrounding streets. #WestminsterMatters #Westminster