Labour Councillors say that a zero Council tax rise in Westminster is the only option local residents will accept after the Conservatives lost £17 million in now-failed Icelandic Banks. Labour say that had the Council increased the Council Tax this year, at a time of severe economic conditions, there would have been difficulties in collecting the tax from residents who would have been very r...

Westminster's Labour councillors have demanded that Conservative Westminster City Council and their contractors pass on the Government's 2.5% VAT cut to service users for charges made for services like parking, swimming, tennis, football pitches, building control and licensing. Westminster's fees and charges are already amongst the highest in the country, over £100 million of ...

Three thousand people have written to Westminster City Council to object to the Council's £150 a year/£1.50 a day motorbike parking tax. And not one single person has written to the Council to support the new parking tax. The new motorbike parking tax is equivalent to a 22 percent Council Tax increase and has been universally slammed by bikers living in Westminster and by the many...

Labour's plan for a zero increase in the council tax paid by Bromley residents was rejected by Bromley Tories at Monday night's council meeting. Bromley Conservative's are imposing a 0.94% increase in Council Tax from April 1st. This includes a 1.24% increase in Bromley's expenditure and a 0% increase in the GLA precept. Labour councillors argued that at a time when some reside...

Labour Councillors have pledged to restore almost £600,000 of cuts to voluntary sector groups by axing Council waste. Labour say that they will restore grants to voluntary groups by cutting the following waste: * Staff bonuses for the highest paid senior Council officers - £360,000 * Council hospitality, including food and wine for Councillors - £210,000 * Civic Dinner - £2...

Westminster City Council is spending £13 million a year employing 281 temporary staff, with an average salary of £46,250 per temporary employee, according to figures uncovered by Labour Councillors just days after the Council announced a £60 million package of cuts to front line services and job losses right across the Council. Labour Councillors say that spending millions of pou...

Westminster Conservatives have agreed to spend £960,000 on five 'Transformation and Change Management' consultants from PriceWaterhouseCoopers for the next 12 months, with the option to extend the contract for a further six months bringing the total cost to Westminster Council Tax payers to £1,440,000. Labour Councillors have attacked this decision at a time when the Council ...

Westminster Council Tax payers will have to pay another £37,000 so that that Westminster Conservatives can hire top City accountants, KPMG, to tell them about all the mistakes that were made when the Council invested £17 million in now-failed Icelandic banks earlier this year. KPMG have been hired by Westminster City Council to review the Council's "investment strategy and interna...

Schools could lose nearly 20% of pupils, 50 children in need affected, together with 30 adults with 'serious and enduring mental health problems'. Government plans to cut Local Housing Allowance will have a devastating impact on 4,000 children and 500 vulnerable adults in Westminster, according to a briefing for Councillors by Council officers. Councillors have been told that Westminster...

Two Westminster City Council Officers earn more than the Prime Minister, according to figures released by the Council, with a further 20 senior Council officers earning over £100,000 a year. Yet, Westminster Conservatives have done nothing to rein in top pay at a time when the Government is calling on the Council to make £52 million of service cuts over the next two years, including sa...