Another week. Another bad news story about the NHS. This time it was the revelation, in a report by the Policy Exchange think tank, of just how much money goes missing in the NHS through health tourism.
Festivals in Gunnersbury Park have too often been used to divide the Chiswick community with some voices assuming the clamour is for no festivals, none.
Chiswick’s Conservative councillors have expressed concern over Hounslow Council’s proposal to further dim streetlights in the borough. Hounslow Council’s first budget since the General Election saw a range of cuts to services, including further dimming of streetlights and the possible switchin
This year, I’m a member of the council’s overview and scrutiny committee’s housing and environment panel. I’ve served on this panel before and been frustrated by the lip-service (as I see it) paid to the panel’s recommendations.