St. James's ward councillors have secured funding for additional night time security at the hostels in the Great Peter Street area where their vulnerable residents are being targeted by drug dealers. 

We caught up with Councillor Tim Mitchell in Soho, supporting Westminster's Vaccination Bus. Tim is the Deputy Leader of the Council and Councillor for Westminster St James's ward.

Our MP Nickie Aiken has secured Government support for her Pedicabs (London) Bill that will give Transport for London the powers to regulate pedicabs to make sure they are safe, that their fares are reasonable and consistent, and that rogue operators can no longer present a threat to residents an

Thank you to the choir of St. Matthew's Primary school for singing at the light switch-on of the Strutton Ground Christmas Tree on Thursday 2 December. 

Your local councillors have been supporting businesses in the area. 

We have recently had the Christmas lights switch-on in Elizabeth Street and Motcomb Street over the past few weeks and retailers are working very hard in the run up to Christmas. 

The hidden city park above Temple Underground is now the venue for a large art installation. British Ugandan artist Lakwena's work ‘Nothing Can Separate Us’ will be in Temple Roof Gardens until April 2022.

Following a planning refusal by Westminster City Council and a Public Enquiry by the Planning Inspectorate, the Housing Minister Christopher Pincher has granted planning approval for Adjaye Associates and Ron Arad’s Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre in Victoria Tower Gardens.

The Aziz Foundation has applied to the Council to turn part of the upper and lower basements and ground floor of the Trocadero into a mosque that could accommodate 1,000 worshippers

Please visit this page on the Council’s website to see the plans and comment on the application.

The Mental Health Foundation is hosting Mental Health Week, on the theme of Kindness.

We are all aware of the continuing difficult period that is being experienced by everyone across Westminster. I want to assure you that your local councillors will continue to provide whatever support or advice is needed in the coming weeks.