Political Campaign Manager and Trainer. Fuimus: we have been,we have endured. All views expressed my own
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The City of London Police has built real expertise on fraud and economic crime, and the Square Mile relies on it. Merging it into the Met would put that at risk. Good to see @ThomasFTurrell pressing the point at City Hall.
Parliament is on our doorstep here in Westminster, and its repairs have been stuck in planning for over a decade. Cliveden was rebuilt in two years. We can still build things in this country if we decide to.
One week until Oxford Street goes traffic free. Buses and crossings are changing, and there is still a lot to work out. Worth a read if you live or work in the West End.
One week to go before #OxfordStreet closes to traffic and there are still a lot of details to be worked out.
But busses will be changing and the details of that and road crossings are summarised here. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmzx… @mayfairforum @FitzWestForum @sohosocietyw1 @CLWCA
Great news for Soho. A new 25-year lease means the Prince Charles Cinema keeps the projectors rolling for a whole new generation. Good to see Westminster backing the places that make our part of London special.
🎬 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
Two weeks before the Budget and the City is getting mixed messages: banks praised as crown jewels one day, lined up for a tax raid the next. That uncertainty matters to every business and worker in our part of London. Investors need certainty, not guesswork.
Healey’s ‘mixed messages’ on bank tax leave City blindsided bit.ly/4ip7oDq
The IMF just downgraded Britain's growth again. High energy and borrowing costs are choking the economy. You can't tax your way to prosperity.
Every week Westminster cleans up after millions of visitors, and residents shouldn't carry that alone. Give councils a direct share of the benefit and you'd see the difference on our streets. Devolution has to reach town halls, not stop with the Mayor.
Plenty of families in our part of London aren't rich. They bought a home years ago and watched its value rise. Taking the family home out of inheritance tax means they can pass it on to their children.
Inheritance Tax punishes people for working hard, saving, and leaving something for their children.
That’s why we Conservatives are taking the first step towards abolishing it completely.
We will scrap Inheritance Tax completely on the family home and raise the threshold for other assets to £1 million for a couple.
We are on the side of people who work hard.
Nearly a million young people are out of work, education or training. Halving the tax on youth jobs gives employers in our part of London a real reason to give them that first chance.
Good management shouldn't be a reason to cut a council's funding in half. That is what Fair Funding does to inner London, and it's residents here in Westminster who will end up paying for it.
Hammersmith and Fulham Council has warned of a potential 150 per cent tax hike due to the Government's Fair Funding reforms.
The borough, known for its low tax rates, is set to see its Gov funding cut by more than half over next 4 years. mylondon.news/news/west-lond…
Lord Khan told us a Labour Government would be good for London. Police cuts were never part of that promise. Keeping people safe in Westminster has to come first. Well said @Councillorsuzie.
Lord Khan promised us that a Labour Government would be good for London - but now we're facing police cuts and a crime wave. It's not good enough, says @Councillorsuzie
Red tape is a drag anchor on small businesses across our part of London. Andrew's plan to scrap it and get Britain building is exactly what we need.
Hard work should pay. Families in our part of London shouldn't turn down a promotion over a childcare cliff edge. Scrap it.
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A violent criminal doesn’t become less dangerous just because the Government has run out of prison cells.
We have a plan to build 50,000 new prison places, the most since Queen Victoria, so we can end early release.
Labour is driving founders abroad. I want a Conservative Chancellor who backs the people who start and grow businesses here, not taxes them out of the country.
£150m of public money, traffic pushed onto side streets, and no full environmental impact assessment. If the Mayor is confident in his Oxford Street plan, why skip the scrutiny?
£150m of public money, traffic pushed onto side streets, and no full environmental impact assessment. If the Mayor is confident in his Oxford Street plan, why skip the scrutiny?
Full story: westm.news/oxford-st-no-eia
Diesel at £2 a litre and Labour still planning another fuel duty hike. Most people in our part of London need to drive. Scrap the New Year rise and stop punishing working people.
Our enemies are not waiting for the spending review. Nearly £100 billion on health and disability benefits by 2030 while the armed forces go short. Cutting welfare to fund defence is the right call.