The Latest Breaking News from Paul Swaddle

'Offer them two sweeps a week': Westminster council leader hints at cutting street cleaning at Downing Street

‘Instead of two sweeps a day, offer them two a week, and see how they feel about that level of service,’ said Cllr Swaddle

Evening Standard · 12h ago

Homeowners in London making money from illegal Airbnb-style lets face new tax-led crackdown

Exclusive: Westminster City Council is seeking to get access to HMRC income and tax data to enforce widely-flouted rules on short-term lets

Evening Standard · Sep 25

London business leaders back Tory pledge to restore tourist tax-free shopping

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has promised to allow tourists to claim the VAT back on their shopping by reversing a rule change made after Brexit

Evening Standard · Sep 21

Sadiq Khan in 'democratic stitch-up' storm over Oxford Street pedestrianisation

The London Mayor is pressing ahead with the controversial change to Britain’s flagship shopping street

Evening Standard · Jun 10

Fresh crackdown on e-bikes as central London council signs 'pioneering' deal with Lime

Westminster council strikes ‘pioneering’ agreement with Lime that will see the e-bike rental company share real-time information on the location and number of cycles across the borough

Evening Standard · Jun 9

Short-term letting platforms urged to tackle ‘out of control’ renting across London’s West End

Paul Swaddle is urging Airbnb-style booking platforms to cooperate to protect housing markets in London

Evening Standard · Jun 2

Westminster Tories accused of ‘U-turning’ on promise for Oxford Street after plans for judicial review ditched

The leader of Westminster City Council said a legal challenge against pedestrianisation was ‘simply impossible at this late stage’

Evening Standard · May 28

Westminster council leader hits out at ‘Temu’ Oxford Street pedestrianisation plans

If all goes to plan, Oxford Street will become fully pedestrianised by the end of summer 2026

Evening Standard · May 26

Westminster Council leader calls for pro-Palestine marches to be suspended

The leader of Westminster City Council has called for the suspension of pro-Palestine marches. He has written a letter to Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood to express his concerns over planned protests in Westminster on Saturday.

Evening Standard · May 15

Westminster Labour councillor quits party and joins Tories blaming 'Sadiq Khan vanity projects'

Paul Fisher, who was elected a Labour councillor in the West End in 2022, said: ‘Sadiq Khan has failed London’

Evening Standard · Apr 3, 2025