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
“We will empower police to tackle scourge of violent knife crime,” pledges PM 19th November 2019 A Boris Johnson majority government would take a tough new approach to tackling knife crime and serious violence. National News
Life will mean life for child murderers 19th November 2019 Adults who murder children will be imprisoned for life, without parole, under tough new justice plans to be introduced by a Conservative majority Government. National News
Corbyn’s Pension Tax to cost savers £11,000 and force millions to delay retirement 18th November 2019 New analysis of Corbyn’s tax raid on pensions reveals that 10 million savers could lose an average of over £11,000 and be forced to delay retirement by almost... National News
Labour’s Brexit Policy: Even More Chaos and Indecision 18th November 2019 As per usual, Labour are only offering more talk, more delay and more indecision on Brexit. National News
Prime Minister Boris Johnson's CBI Conference speech 18th November 2019 Read the Prime Minister's speech from the CBI Conference here. National News
Boris Johnson: End the Brexit uncertainty so we can get on with business 17th November 2019 The Prime Minister has unveiled a package of measures designed to help business make the most of Brexit. National News