Hounslow Youth Counselling Service provides vital support for young people across the borough. It’s inexplicable that Hounslow Council have given them notice, out of the blue, after 38 years. As opposition councillors, we’ll be pushing for them to reverse this decision.

Chiswick Gunnersbury, Riverside and Homefields councillors having a quick pint following a morning of chatting to residents and picking up casework. Safe to say we represent the best area in London!

Perfect Sunday for the @chiswickflowers.bsky.social Market! Chiswick has carved out an identity as a market town within London - given how busy the High Road is today, it’s easy to see why!

Great to be out in Chiswick this morning talking to residents about our campaign to reopen Chiswick Post Office - local Conservatives getting on with the job!

Hounslow Council is putting Chiswick’s local markets at risk - we’ve asked them to reverse their latest bizarre parking decision 👇 chiswickcalendar.co.uk/chiswick-cou...

A pleasure to speak in support of the Chiswick Flower Market at last night’s Licensing Panel. We find out if the market’s licence will be renewed early next week - the council should be backing our local markets!

A classic sunny summer afternoon at the Flower Festival at St Paul’s church in Grove Park. Some fantastic displays from local Chiswick groups, and brilliant tea and cake!

Loved visiting Hogarth Youth Centre the other week to see the brilliant work being done by the team there. Such good news that the Dukes Meadows Trust has extended its partnership with the centre - I feel privileged to work with these two community groups! chiswickcalendar.co.uk/hogarth-yout...

Yesterday the Leader @shansview.bsky.social and Mayor of Hounslow Council attended an event in honour of Holocaust Memorial Day at Chiswick School. More than 250 pupils heard from Gloria Silver whose father endured horrendous atrocities during the Holocaust. #hmd #hmd25 #hmd2025

A privilege to attend today’s moving Holocaust Memorial Day event at Chiswick School - we heard from Gloria Silver about her father Tony Chuwen’s experiences of, and dramatic escape from, Polish concentration camps. We must never forget.

Great to join the @abundancelondon.bsky.social team last night for an evening of food, drink and obelisk building (!) at the Chiswick Allotments - not bad for a team of first-timers!

I’ve written in this week’s Chiswick Calendar about exciting plans for the regeneration of Dukes Meadows - including links to ongoing public consultations! Really excited to see how the project develops! chiswickcalendar.co.uk/how-would-yo...

En route to this evening’s Dukes Meadows Trust meeting, so a perfect time to share this guest blog from yesterday’s Chiswick Calendar about the fantastic Dukes Meadows Food Market - such a brilliant fixture of the weekend in West London! chiswickcalendar.co.uk/quality-food...

News that business confidence is plummeting may come as a surprise to Hounslow Labour, who said at last week’s council meeting that concerns around the budget were “scaremongering”. Here’s an extract from my contribution to the debate on the budget’s impact on our borough 👇

Latest post-budget survey Business activity in the UK is set to shrink for the first time in more than two years as companies cut jobs and rein in investment following the budget, according to the CBI Via @philaldrick.bsky.social >> www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Plenty of Christmas cheer despite the grey skies at today’s Chiswick Flower Market! 🎄

Starmer declines to repeat Reeves' suggestion that she's ruling out any further tax rises this parliament

A very dilapidated, empty and half-dug up car park on Chiswick High Road this evening. Surely we can create an amenity that looks better than this for the heart of our community?

British companies face a stealth tax rise of £900mn next year and up to £2.7bn in 2026 through higher business rates, despite Labour’s manifesto promise not to increase the amount of cash raised by the levy www.ft.com/content/39f4...

My latest column for the Hounslow Herald on a week of two halves - a brilliant Christmas lights switch on in Chiswick, followed by a gloomy briefing about the state of our borough’s finances 👇 hounslowherald.com/christmas-ch...

It’s officially Christmas in Chiswick - lovely event to mark the lights switching on, ably accompanied by Chiswick School Choir! Time for a mince pie I guess…

Miss one Council Tax monthly payment and within 3wks they can make you pay for the whole year! My response are listening to a case study who's finances were wrecked by this. youtu.be/0A3hLVLePQA

Chilly start for this morning’s Chiswick Councillor surgery! We’re here at Chiswick Library every Saturday from 9:30 - 10:30. Feel free to pop by and say hi!