On Thursday 3rd May's local elections, residents across England will vote to decide who runs their local services - and who manages the money they pay for those council services.
Official figures have shown that Labour are failing to maintain council housing. Last year the number of council homes which failed to meet minimum standards more than doubled from 422 to 1,095. That's nearly 10% of all Council housing in H&F.
Today (3 March 2018) the Conservative Party Chairman Brandon Lewis unveiled the Party’s Respect Pledge. The pledge will apply to all Conservative candidates standing in the local elections this year, ensuring they behave responsibly throughout the election.
When we speak to local residents in Hammersmith and Fulham the biggest issue that comes up is housing. Many people voted Labour at the last council elections in 2014 because they wanted more affordable housing.
Using the funds that the Chancellor allocated at the Budget, we've set out proposals that will see wage rises of between 6.5 per cent and 29 per cent for over 1.1 million NHS workers in England
Using the funds that the Chancellor allocated at the Budget, we've set out proposals that will see wage rises of between 6.5 per cent and 29 per cent for over 1.1 million NHS workers in England
New figures have revealed that fly-tipping has again increased in Hammersmith and Fulham. In 2016/17 there were nearly 15,000 incidents of fly-tipping across our borough. H&F is now the fourth worst performing local authority in the country for fly-tipping.
The parking crisis in Hammersmith & Fulham continues to worsen, with the Labour Council announcing that it is replacing the smart visitor permit (SVP) with a new resident visitor permit (RVP) - but seemingly without automatically refunding the money residents have invested in the old permits.
