Conservatives win support for £1 million extra for adult social care Tuesday, 14 September, 2021 At the September 9th 2021 Adult Social Services, Health and Housing committee on Richmond Council the Conservative team secured a major success when the committee voted to retain an additional £1million to be spent on its work to support those in need across the borough. In a Conservative amendment proposed by Councillor Geoffrey Samuel (Hampton North) and second by Councillor Peter Buckwell... Local News
Conservative Councillors request Richmond Council's Adult Community Learning Provision is brought to the policy and performance review board after the most recent Ofsted inspection finds provision 'inadequate' 15th September 2020 In February 2020 the Council’s Adult Community Learning provision was inspected by Ofsted, its first inspection since Richmond Council took over responsibility... Local News
Richmond's Conservatives Call For Councils And TfL To Finally Start Construction Of The Temporary Bridge 7th September 2020 Paul Hodgins, Cllr for Barnes and leader of Richmond's Conservative Group, said, "We have stated that the most urgent action needed over the closure of... Local News
Conservative Councillors for Barnes have sent letters to both the Mayor of London and the Department for Transport asking for collaborative working to repair Hammersmith Bridge and for urgent progress to build a temporary crossing . 3rd September 2020 Conservative Councillors for Barnes have sent letters to both the Mayor of London and the Department for Transport asking for collaborative working to repair... Local News
Conservatives Call for an Emergency Council Meeting to Demand Toilets on our Greens 17th August 2020 The Conservative Group on Richmond Council has called for an Emergency meeting of the Council to deal with the growing problem of a lack of public toilets in... Local News
The Lib Dem Council Must Start Showing Some Leadership & Action On Hammersmith Bridge 14th August 2020 TfL have announced that after finding significant additional fracturing on Hammersmith bridge they have had to close the bridge to all crossings, including... Local News
With The Future of Hammersmith Bridge Now Uncertain, Richmond's Lib Dem Council Continues to Say "Not Our Problem" 27th July 2020 With The Future of Hammersmith Bridge Now Uncertain, Richmond's Lib Dem Council Continues to Say "Not Our Problem" Transport for London have announced their... Local News
LibDem Council drag their heels over awarding Discretionary Funding to small businesses 15th July 2020 LibDem Council drag their heels over awarding Discretionary Funding to small businesses Despite millions of pounds of funding available for Richmond Borough... Local News
Richmond Borough Conservative Councillors call for a plan to restore the Visitor Economy 14th July 2020 Richmond Borough Conservative Councillors call for a plan to restore the Visitor Economy Very few boroughs can compete with Richmond Borough when it comes to... Local News
Lib Dems Questioned by Kew Residents on their Failure to Consult or Listen to their Views 9th July 2020 Lib Dem Chairman of the Transport Committee questioned by Kew Residents as to why he is not consulting or listening to residents with changes to Kew’s roads. At... Local News
Jeremy Corbyn’s policy of continuing free movement with the EU would cost over £4 billion in benefits 27th November 2019 New analysis has revealed that Jeremy Corbyn’s plan to continue free movement with EU countries would cost DWP over £4 billion in extra benefit costs over the... National News
Boris Johnson: Poor mobile phone signal will be a thing of the past 27th November 2019 The scourge of poor mobile phone signal in rural areas will be a thing of the past under bold new plans to be fast tracked in the first 100 days of a... National News
New national vaccination reminder system to boost childhood vaccination rates 27th November 2019 A Conservative majority government will introduce a national vaccination reminder system to boost childhood vaccination rates. National News
Tax hikes for the many – new report reveals millions face tax hikes under Labour 26th November 2019 A new official report released by the Conservative Party today, The Twelve Taxes of Labour, shows Labour’s manifesto would mean taxes rising for millions of... National News
Jeremy Corbyn's plan to hold two referendums will take up the whole of 2020 and will cost over £150m 26th November 2019 New analysis has revealed that Jeremy Corbyn’s plan to hold two referendums in 2020 will take until September 2020 at the very earliest, and that the cost will... National News
Conservatives ask Labour - will you get Brexit done? 25th November 2019 Conservative candidates across the country have today written to their Labour opponents asking them to confirm where they stand on Brexit and whether they will... National News
