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The Latest Breaking News from Westminster City Council

Changes to central London bus routes confirmed as passengers face longer journeys

The 30 and 205 routes will both be restructured affecting trips between Paddington, Marble Arch and Euston

Evening Standard · May 27, 2025

Mayfair residents blast illegal basement in £9 million townhouse as 'threat' to their homes

Owner of Grade II-listed home in one of London’s wealthiest areas has been ordered to fill in basement by Planning Inspectorate

Evening Standard · May 24, 2025

Oxford Street US-style candy store caught selling magic mushroom cookies

The store was the same one raided by council and police after charging £899 to tourist for two packets of sweets

Evening Standard · May 20, 2025

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Owner of £3m Mayfair townhouse ordered to destroy 'illegal' basement — featuring gym, sauna and cinema

The Planning Inspectorate has ordered the homeowner to ‘restore’the Grade II-listed building in Central London after an unsuccessful appeal

Evening Standard · May 15, 2025

New street signs unveiled to mark Queen Elizabeth II’s birthplace

The blue commemorative designs in Bruton Street, Mayfair, incorporate one of the late Queen’s favourite flowers, lily of the valley.

Evening Standard · Apr 23, 2025

‘Nuisance’ buskers banned from Leicester Square after court ruling

Famous stars such as Rod Stewart got their start busking in Leicester Square

The Independent UK · Apr 11, 2025

Alfresco dining could return to London this summer with City Hall backing

Outdoor dining was a lifeline for many businesses during Covid as lockdowns hit hospitality hard

Evening Standard · Apr 10, 2025

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Everything you need to know about the potential pedestrianisation of Oxford Street

London mayor Sir Sadiq Khan wants to make Oxford Street ‘a world-class, accessible, clean avenue’

Evening Standard · Apr 3, 2025

Town hall rich list: Nearly 100 council employees earn more than prime minister in London

Westminster City Council tops a ‘Town Hall Rich List’ revealed on the same day as council tax goes up across the country

Evening Standard · Apr 1, 2025

Loud buskers playing songs on loop across Leicester Square is 'psychological torture', says judge

Westminster City Council has failed to tackle noise nuisance from buskers in Leicester Square

Evening Standard · Mar 31, 2025

Plans revealed to turn former BBC studios in Maida Vale into 'world leading' music centre run by Hans Zimmer

Dated studios could become a state-of-the-art film and music production arena

Evening Standard · Mar 26, 2025

Ronnie Scott’s boss warns ‘quiet nights’ plan could kill London’s nightlife

It comes after a ‘vocal minority’ of Soho residents lodged noise complaints

Evening Standard · Mar 22, 2025

The suffocation of Soho: how London's creative rogue is being sanitised

Soho is a hotbed of creativity, fun and irreverence. The notion of “quiet nights” goes against its very soul, says Josh Barrie

Evening Standard · Mar 19, 2025

London strip club owner claims he withheld performers’ tips as they 'went too far'

SophistiCats has had its licence renewed by Westminster City Council

Evening Standard · Mar 12, 2025

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Evening Standard · Mar 11, 2025

Westminster Council to make central London safer for women as part of its strategy to boost nightlife

The Westminster After Dark strategy aims to "future-proof the evening and night-time environment” in central London from 6pm to 6am

Evening Standard · Feb 26, 2025

Westminster parking cheats using their dead mothers’ disabled Blue Badges are ‘beneath contempt’

Five fraudsters named and shamed after receiving fines totalling £3,000 in a council-led crackdown

Evening Standard · Feb 17, 2025

Noise from Leicester Square buskers force us to work in a cupboard, says Global radio staff

Global radio staff say they are ‘plagued’ by noise from Leicester Square buskers

Evening Standard · Jan 27, 2025

London council pays tenant £4.7k after taking 11 months to repair ‘exposed’ electrical wires in bathroom

The tenant said they had been reporting the issue to Westminster City Council for some time

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Evening Standard · Jan 14, 2025

Council could force two beloved Soho cafes to close for putting tables outside and 'operating as a bar'

The Mediterranean Café and Violet’s risk closure after hefty fines for licence breaches

The Independent UK · Dec 19, 2024

London tourists warned of rogue traders using boxing machines and photo booths

Westminster’s deputy leader hopes the prosecutions ‘will serve as a warning to rogue traders trying to rip people off’

Evening Standard · Dec 16, 2024

£70k in fines as West End tourists fleeced by rogue traders using boxing machines and photo booths

Inspectors also targeted pedicab riders notorious for charging visitors more than £42 a mile

Evening Standard · Dec 5, 2024

Westminster council ordered to pay compensation to family left without bedroom in damp-ridden flat for years

Housing Ombudsman finds ‘series of failures’ by Westminster City Council meant family-of-three were without a bedroom and left to breath in high levels of damp ‘for years’

Evening Standard · Dec 5, 2024

Marks & Spencer's Oxford Street store demolition plan - timeline of four-year saga

The flagship M&S store has become a test case in the debate over whether to demolish or retrofit old buildings

Evening Standard · Dec 4, 2024

Network Rail tight-lipped on redevelopment plans for London Victoria Station

London Victoria Station dates back to the Victorian era and is a key link for those heading out to Gatwick Airport

Evening Standard · Dec 3, 2024

'More vital than ever': Sadiq Khan urges Londoners to donate to rough sleeping campaign

‘A small donation can help change lives,’ the mayor tells Londoners in annual winter appeal

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