Leader of Conservative Group on Westminster City Council, Mobile CEO, & Dad. Promoted by J Cockram for P Swaddle both of 90 Ebury Street SW1W 9QD
London, United Kingdom
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Some of Oxford Street's problems are teething issues, but e-bikes are still riding through a street meant for people on foot. As @votetimbarnes told BBC Radio London, TfL's geofencing isn't doing the job yet. #WestminsterMatters #Westminster #CityThatWorksForAll
Devolution should bring decisions closer to people. The Mayor’s new licensing powers could cover nearly 80% of Westminster’s licensed premises, and we already approve 98.5% of valid applications. Tim Barnes (@votetimbarnes) on BBC News. #WestminsterMatters
No step-free access at Oxford Circus, and the buses and taxis that disabled people relied on have gone from Oxford Street. @votetimbarnes is right: this can't be a street that only works for the able-bodied. #WestminsterMatters #Westminster #CityThatWorksForAll
An ambulance kept waiting nearly two minutes at Oxford Circus, then sent to find another way. As my deputy @votetimbarnes told BBC Radio London, this is what happens when a scheme like this is rushed. #WestminsterMatters #Westminster #CityThatWorksForAll
A week in, closing Oxford Street has slowed buses and taxis, and the BBC saw an ambulance diverted around it.
@voteTimBarnes is right: lose London's main east-west route and every journey gets longer.
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I’ve been through Labour’s Budget line by line. For Westminster: nothing on our £100m cut, the Family Home Tax confirmed, more tax on landlords and more control for Sadiq Khan.
Read it in full: westm.news/budget-line-by-li…
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People using the new Oxford Street need to feel safe. On day one: no extra police we could see and no security beyond the marshals. Tim Barnes (@votetimbarnes) on Times Radio. #WestminsterMatters #Westminster #CityThatWorksForAll #SafeStreets
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When will the demands stop?
Everyone knows the transatlantic slave trade was wrong. Britain played a huge role in stopping it.
So when it comes to the question of reparations, my answer is no.
It’s time for the Commonwealth to start looking forwards, not backwards.
A week ago today my Grandma passed, it is quite amazing that at my age I even had a Grandma, but at 103 she had lived an amazing and long life! Here she is getting married in Jerusalem in 1945 only a few short weeks after the end of the war in Europe
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The Mayor says it was his Oxford Street scheme or managed decline. It wasn't: £20m of our £120m plan had already been spent before he binned it. Tim Barnes (@votetimbarnes) on Times Radio. #WestminsterMatters #Westminster #CityThatWorksForAll
The Mayor says it was his Oxford Street scheme or managed decline. It wasn't: £20m of our £120m plan had already been spent before he binned it. Tim Barnes (@votetimbarnes) on Times Radio. #WestminsterMatters #Westminster #CityThatWorksForAll
Oxford Street may look better for shoppers. "It may not be better for the people who live and work in Central London." Tim Barnes (@votetimbarnes) on BBC Radio London. #WestminsterMatters #Westminster #CityThatWorksForAll
When Sadiq Khan announced his Oxford Street plan, Labour ran Westminster and he didn't even tell them. Not a Mayor concerned with local democracy. Tim Barnes (@votetimbarnes) on BBC Radio London. #WestminsterMatters #Westminster #CityThatWorksForAll
Oxford Street's buses, taxis and vans haven't vanished. We'll be monitoring traffic, noise and pollution in the side streets and holding the Mayor and TfL to account. Tim Barnes (@votetimbarnes) on BBC Radio London. #WestminsterMatters #Westminster #CityThatWorksForAll
Last year Westminster Labour handed Oxford Street's highways authority to the Mayor. They should at least have asked for a proper plan. Paul Fisher (@PaulEFishr) on Times Radio. #WestminsterMatters #Westminster #CityThatWorksForAll
🏛️ Tomorrow's Budget: a Family Home Tax, a £100m cut to Westminster and more money for Sadiq Khan's pet projects.
Same Old Labour at every level: reckless with your money locally and taxing you harder nationally.
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Keeping people safe on Oxford Street has to come first. How do emergency vehicles reach it now? Paul Fisher (@PaulEFishr) on Times Radio. #WestminsterMatters #Westminster #CityThatWorksForAll #SafeStreets
Paul Swaddle retweeted
I visited @HarleyStreetBID to talk about how @CityWestminster is working to
support growth in the City. Our traders & businesses give each area of our City its distinctive character; BIDs like Harley Street are a great vehicle for pulling that insight and experience together.
A traffic-free Oxford Street has to work for everyone. Buses about 100 metres away, no step-free access at Oxford Circus and taxis banned. Tim Barnes (@votetimbarnes) on BBC Radio London. #WestminsterMatters #Westminster #CityThatWorksForAll