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Hammersmith Grove
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Everything of interest within a mile of Hammersmith Grove (but in a much nicer way! Try these links in the meantime:. Grove Road Railway station. Corporate stuff from the office at the end of the road. The Grove pub and restaurant. An estate agent actually on the Grove! According to Google Maps, Hammersmith Grove is 0.6 miles long. If you want to be truly cutting edge, visit the beta.
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The Cowan Report: 'Tax On Disability' Scrapped
http://www.thecowanreport.com/2014/12/tax-on-disability-scrapped.html
Sunday, 7 December 2014. Tax On Disability' Scrapped. Possibly the worst email leaked to me during the years our borough was run by the H&F Conservatives was this one. Which detailed how elderly and disabled residents had been put. After H&F Conservatives introduced a new hourly charge for vital home care services. I was therefore delighted to announce. On Wednesday 3rd December, which was the United Nation’s International Day of Disabled People. This was a H&F Labour manifesto pledge. Mike Cartwright, P...
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The Cowan Report: Rosemary Pettit To Chair New Independent H&F Air Quality Commission
http://www.thecowanreport.com/2015/07/rosemary-pettit-to-chair-new.html
Thursday, 23 July 2015. Rosemary Pettit To Chair New Independent H&F Air Quality Commission. H&F suffers five of the country's air pollution black-spots. Hammersmith Flyover is the fifth worst air pollution black-spot in the country and the borough suffers four of the UK’s other worst areas for filthy air. Air pollution is a silent killer. It’s linked to lung and heart conditions, breast cancer and diabetes. The health problems air pollution causes is estimated to cost the UK up to £20...Where we can, we...
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The Cowan Report: H&F Homes Under The Hammer For Property Speculators But Conservatives Block H&F Residents Chances To Buy
http://www.thecowanreport.com/2011/11/h-homes-under-hammer-but-council-blocks.html
Thursday, 17 November 2011. H&F Homes Under The Hammer For Property Speculators But Conservatives Block H&F Residents Chances To Buy. The simple answer is they're doing nothing whatsoever and if you take a look at this episode. Of the BBC’s Homes Under The Hammer (13.54 minutes in) then it is easy to add this to all the things they are doing. To make it much worse. The Council can get more money this way but the fact is this home would previously have been allocated to people in need of social housing.
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The Cowan Report: H&F's New Labour Administration Funds More Police Than Ever Before
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Saturday, 22 November 2014. H&F's New Labour Administration Funds More Police Than Ever Before. Me with the excellent Cllr. Lab), H&F's cabinet member. For social inclusion, and the borough police commander. Chief Superintendent Gideon Springer. In the run up to the last local council elections my fellow Labour candidates and I made an early pledge. Put police back on the beat". We would deliver extra policing and I am glad that we have been able to negotiate these extra funds to deliver on that promise ...
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The Cowan Report: MIPIM, Boris Johnson And H&F's New Commitment To Tackle London's Housing Crisis
http://www.thecowanreport.com/2014/10/mipim-boris-johnson-and-h-new.html
Sunday, 19 October 2014. MIPIM, Boris Johnson And H&F's New Commitment To Tackle London's Housing Crisis. The international property development conference came to Olympia, London last week. It’s usually held in Cannes. On the French Riviera. We inherited a £9,000 stand which Conservative councillors had booked before the local elections so we took the opportunity to deck it out with the manifesto. And pledge card commitments that gained a public mandate last May. 8220;Putting residents first”. Our stanc...
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The Cowan Report: H&F Conservatives' 14.7% Parking Charges Hike Blocked! But What Does It Tell Us About How They Did Business?
http://www.thecowanreport.com/2014/12/h-conservatives-planned-147-parking.html
Sunday, 14 December 2014. H&F Conservatives' 14.7% Parking Charges Hike Blocked! But What Does It Tell Us About How They Did Business? 8220;You’re going to be a very unpopular administration very soon”. 8220;Er, thanks”. 8220;I’m not being funny.”. 8220;It’s just that the things you’re going to have to do will make you a very unpopular administration very quickly”. 8220;The former administration may or may not…”. He advised while trying to muster what looked like a wink. My fellow Labour councillors and ...
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The Cowan Report: H&F Conservatives Have Voted To Demolish Charing Cross Hospital And Sell Off Most Of The Site But Working Together We Can Still Stop Them
http://www.thecowanreport.com/2014/03/h-conservatives-have-voted-to-demolish.html
Monday, 31 March 2014. H&F Conservatives Have Voted To Demolish Charing Cross Hospital And Sell Off Most Of The Site But Working Together We Can Still Stop Them. A more accurate reflection. Of the settlement H&F. Conservatives have voted to. Agree on the future of. Early in the evening on 6th February 2013 H&F’s council leader phoned me to announce the Conservatives were leaving the cross-party, residents led. Save Our Hospitals campaign. Within a few days it turned out that was blatantly untrue. The fir...
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The Cowan Report: H&F Council Hopes to Remove Traffic Calming From Residential Streets
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Tuesday, 19 June 2007. H&F Council Hopes to Remove Traffic Calming From Residential Streets. 8217;s Council Administration admitted that it had been surprised by the strength of public feeling after saying it wanted to remove traffic calming and 20mph Homes Zones from the borough's residential streets. Many local residents directly emailed Conservative Administration's councillors to object to their plans following a campaign to save the Home Zones led by my fellow ward councillors and I. Eugenie White (...
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The Cowan Report: H&F Conservatives' Self-Confessed "Developer Friendly" Approach Is Killing Twentysomethings' Dreams Of Home Ownership.
http://www.thecowanreport.com/2013/12/the-is-better-solution-to-local-housing.html
Sunday, 8 December 2013. H&F Conservatives' Self-Confessed "Developer Friendly" Approach Is Killing Twentysomethings' Dreams Of Home Ownership. See this excellent article. Labour councils are building twice as many homes in their areas as Conservatives local authorities, new research reveals today. Since the last election, an average of 403 social and affordable homes have been built in each Labour council area, compared with 201 in each Tory-held authority.". A2 Dominion's approach offers wider insights...