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
London, United Kingdom
Joined February 2009
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🏛️ Tomorrow's Budget: a Family Home Tax, a £100m cut to Westminster and more money for Sadiq Khan's pet projects.
Same Old Labour at every level: reckless with your money locally and taxing you harder nationally.
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Keeping people safe on Oxford Street has to come first. How do emergency vehicles reach it now? Paul Fisher (@PaulEFishr) on Times Radio. #WestminsterMatters #Westminster #CityThatWorksForAll #SafeStreets
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I visited @HarleyStreetBID to talk about how @CityWestminster is working to
support growth in the City. Our traders & businesses give each area of our City its distinctive character; BIDs like Harley Street are a great vehicle for pulling that insight and experience together.
A traffic-free Oxford Street has to work for everyone. Buses about 100 metres away, no step-free access at Oxford Circus and taxis banned. Tim Barnes (@votetimbarnes) on BBC Radio London. #WestminsterMatters #Westminster #CityThatWorksForAll
The government thinks London has too much money. That is the whole basis of a formula that cuts Westminster's funding by 50%. Paul Fisher setting it out on BBC Radio London.
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Oxford Street is traffic-free from today. It must not become "any other big shopping street anywhere in the world". Tim Barnes (@votetimbarnes) on BBC Radio London. #WestminsterMatters #Westminster #CityThatWorksForAll
Day one of a traffic-free Oxford Street. The traffic hasn't vanished: 200 more cars at rush hour in the side streets, on the Mayor's own modelling. Paul Fisher (@PaulEFishr) on Times Radio. #WestminsterMatters #Westminster #CityThatWorksForAll
Westminster said no to pedestrianising Oxford Street. The Mayor built his own corporation to say yes.
@voteTimBarnes is right: that's anti-democratic.
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Labour took £20m out of Westminster's reserves last year for day-to-day spending, then left us to face a 50% funding cut. Paul Fisher on BBC Radio London: that was reckless, and we are putting the finances back on track.
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Oxford Street is now closed to traffic. Westminster wants it to succeed, but a scheme rushed to suit the Mayor's timetable is not a plan for residents, businesses or visitors.
Oxford Street closes to traffic tonight. Closing part of the nation's high street because it's the easiest route to a legacy is not a plan. Paul Fisher (@PaulEFishr) on Times Radio. #WestminsterMatters #Westminster #CityThatWorksForAll
Oxford Street closes to traffic tonight. Closing part of the nation's high street because it's the easiest route to a legacy is not a plan. Paul Fisher (@PaulEFishr) on Times Radio. #WestminsterMatters #Westminster #CityThatWorksForAll
Oxford Street goes traffic-free tonight. We wanted it to be the best it could be. The Mayor's artificial deadline meant it couldn't be, and we would have had a much better scheme next year. Tim Barnes on BBC London. #WestminsterMatters #Westminster #CityThatWorksForAll
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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