Leader of Conservative Group on Westminster City Council, Mobile CEO, & Dad. Promoted by J Cockram for P Swaddle both of 90 Ebury Street SW1W 9QD
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Paul Swaddle retweeted
Tim Barnes spoke for all of us on BBC London today. We want Oxford Street to succeed, but the Mayor's scheme feels rushed, under-resourced and undercooked. We would have had a much better scheme if it had launched next year. #WestminsterMatters #Westminster #CityThatWorksForAll
A difficult day for Westminster City Council and for colleagues whose roles are going. We are meeting the challenge of massive government cuts and making the council leaner. Paul Fisher on BBC London News.
#WestminsterMatters #Westminster #CityThatWorksForAll
Paul Swaddle retweeted
Dear @Shell_UKLtd
You would be very welcome in @CityWestminster
Would be happy to have a chat about relocation and office developments.
We need growth - and the jobs, wealth creation and tax income that come with it.
Westminster is unashamedly pro-growth.
That's why we were the first council in the UK to produce a Growth Statement that sets out our strategy for growth and attracting major businesses fits squarely with that.
westminster.gov.uk/westminst…
Tim Barnes spoke for all of us on BBC London today. We want Oxford Street to succeed, but the Mayor's scheme feels rushed, under-resourced and undercooked. We would have had a much better scheme if it had launched next year. #WestminsterMatters #Westminster #CityThatWorksForAll
From 26 October, Oxford Street closes to traffic between Orchard Street and Great Portland Street. We still have unanswered questions on where the traffic goes, public safety and access for people with additional needs.
#WestminsterMatters #Westminster #CityThatWorksForAll
A guarantee from my Cabinet colleague Paul Fisher on BBC Radio London: the 520 roles going at Westminster are back-office and management, and this measure will not touch frontline services.
#WestminsterMatters #Westminster #CityThatWorksForAll
Every one of the 520 roles going at Westminster is non-frontline. Services to residents are not affected by today's announcement. But with Labour cutting our funding by 50%, hard choices lie ahead.
#WestminsterMatters #Westminster #CityThatWorksForAll
Westminster sends £8.8bn a year to the Treasury and 800,000 people use our city every day. Our residents shouldn't be asked to subsidise the country twice over. Paul Fisher making the case on BBC Radio London this morning.
#WestminsterMatters #Westminster #CityThatWorksForAll
No council leader wants to announce job losses. But Labour's funding formula takes £160m from Westminster over four years.
My colleague Paul Fisher on ITV News London: it punishes London and low-tax, well-run councils.
#WestminsterMatters #Westminster #CityThatWorksForAll
Paul Swaddle retweeted
Who should run the countryside: the people you elect or agencies nobody voted for?
Natural England and the Environment Agency answer to no minister. Homes are blocked and farmers are buried in red tape.
Conservatives will scrap them.
Paul Swaddle retweeted
Today we have announced one of the boldest plans for Westminster City Council in its recent history: we are making the council leaner and more efficient. It is the right thing to do for the taxpayer. It is also necessary due to swathing Labour government cuts to our funding.
Oxford Street closes to traffic from 26 October and Westminster still hasn't been given the answers it needs. My colleague Cllr Festus Akinbusoye on BBC Politics London.
#WestminsterMatters #Westminster #CityThatWorksForAll
Paul Swaddle retweeted
A great honour to hand out medals to Westminster winners from four local schools who played chess in the @LM_Westminster parlour in a tournament run by the Chess in Schools & Communities charity. Alas I lost in minutes to nine-year-old Jacob from St Peter's Eaton Square!
ALT A person wearing a light blue shirt and dark pants is shaking hands with a young individual in a blue sweater and gray pants, who is wearing multiple medals. They are standing in front of a banner with the letters "CSC.
💼 98.5% of licensing applications approved, a smaller cumulative impact zone and a new Economic Growth Framework. Westminster Conservatives are the only group locally that backs business.
#DrivingGrowth
☕ Afternoon tea, lunch at Lord's, dance classes and digital skills workshops: Silver Sunday helps older residents make new friends. Thank you to Christabel Flight, who founded it, and every partner who took part.
#SilverSunday
🚫 Unlicensed street collectors face a £200 maximum fine, under a 1916 law, and only after a court case. I've asked the Culture Minister to let councils fine them on the spot.
#SafeStreets
🎬 Great news: the Prince Charles Cinema has signed a new 25-year lease. A landmark not only in Westminster but for cinema goers everywhere. Long may the projectors keep rolling!
#PrinceCharlesCinema
Paul Swaddle retweeted
Cllr Paul Swaddle: Across @CityWestminster - especially around railway stations - we're aware of aggressive tactics used by some unlicensed organisations to collect money. This is unacceptable & I've written to Govt urging councils to be given new powers to fine… dlvr.it/TVwvx4
If the Mayor can't keep Oxford Street's plants watered, residents are right to ask who'll clean it, police it and keep it running after 26 October. Let's get it right, not rush it. 🪴
#OxfordStreet
