Westminster Council Leader, Nickie Aiken, is attempting to give up single use plastic and is encouraging others to join her. She is using the current 40-day Lent period to support growing calls among the public to do more to reduce the levels of plastic waste. 

We need young women to see politics as something that matters; an activity that rewards commitment

This article by Nickie Aiken, the Conservative Leader of Westminster City Council was originally published on Huffington Post.  Click here to read it in its original form.

Local Conservatives across Westminster have signed up to support a new anti bullying campaign established by LBC radio presenter Nick Ferrari and are encouraging residents to sign up too.

Westminster Conservative Group Leader, Cllr Nickie Aiken, hands in a petition to the Mayor of London urging him to rethink his plans to merge Westminster’s local police teams with Hammersmith & Fulham and Kensington & Chelsea. 

At last night's Full Council Meeting (8 November) Churchill Conservative Councillor Murad Gassanly submitted petition to the Lord Mayor from the residents of Ebury Bridge Estate.

Churchill Conservatives welcome the Council’s decision to proceed with the Ebury Bridge estate project. We understand there were problems with the original scheme which resulted in a long delay. The Council rightly apologised for this to residents at a public meeting in June.

Westminster City Council Leader, Nickie Aiken, has joined forces with her counterparts in Wandsworth and Kensington & Chelsea in calling for the British Government and the EU Commission to take urgent action to safeguard the rights of EU nationals living in the capital.

Conservatives from three inner London boroughs today demanded action from the Mayor over the failure of the Metropolitan Police to respond fast enough to urgent calls in the areas where the service is trying out new policing plans for the capital.

Some of the common frustrations experienced by internet users will no longer feature at Churchill Gardens Estate, where ultrafast fibre broadband has been rolled out to over 1,800 homes.

​Westminster’s schools continue to perform above the national average as A-Level results show Conservative-run Westminster is a great place to for young people to study and develop.