The Latest Breaking News from Westminster City Council

Tent encampment outside Grade I listed property owned by the Duke of Wellington is dismantled

Dozens of officers and council workers could be seen removing tents from the site on Tuesday

Evening Standard · Dec 2, 2025

Wetherspoons bids to open new pub next to busy central London train station

The pub chain wants to run the bar on the Strand until midnight on Fridays and Saturdays

Evening Standard · Dec 2, 2025

Angela Rayner 'tried to dodge council tax surcharge on grace and favour flat'

Questions are mounting for the former deputy prime minister who previously resigned after a row over stamp duty on her Hove home

Evening Standard · Dec 1, 2025

Inside the 'tent village' in heart of London which dozens of rough sleepers are calling home

Around 20 tents pitched opposite Warren Street Tube station where rough sleepers are enduring the freezing cold

Evening Standard · Nov 19, 2025

Oxford Street could be transformed into 'nightlife destination,' Westminster says

New zones could be created in and around the West End in a boost to London’s nightlife

Evening Standard · Nov 18, 2025

Safety row as 1,000 residents oppose plans for 'seriously flawed' cycle lane in St John's Wood

Westminster City Council says safer routes are needed to reduce pedestrian and cyclist casualties

Evening Standard · Nov 13, 2025

London council to fine rickshaw drivers for playing loud music and speeding

The order will allow police, council inspectors and Transport for London (TfL) to move pedicabs on and fine them £100 if they fail to comply

Evening Standard · Nov 4, 2025

Historic Grand Staircase in No 10 Downing Street being propped up to stop movement

EXCLUSIVE Westminster City Council granted listed building consent for the work at the heart of Government

Evening Standard · Oct 30, 2025

Snail farms run out of central London offices in £370k tax avoidance scheme

Westminster Council leader Adam Hug hit out at ‘unscrupulous traders’ using the ‘ludicrous’ scam

Evening Standard · Oct 28, 2025

The huge bill taxpayers are having to pay to stop homeless camp returning in Park Lane

High cost of security to stop rough sleepers returning to Park Lane revealed

Evening Standard · Oct 24, 2025