The Latest Breaking News from Westminster Council

The number of households lodging in hotels has risen 1,740 per cent over the past two years, confirmed Westminster Council

Kyiv Road is coming to London and we were at Trafalgar Square last night to hear the news. At a vigil arranged by the US Embassy and Westminster Council to mark the first anniversary of the Ukraine war, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and actor Dame Helen Mirren, right, formed an…

London’s last remaining gas lamps are a part of our city’s fabric — and were under threat until a few days ago. Tom Ellen meets the group who fought to save these beacons of history

Inspectors report hearing Whitney Houston and Bob Marley classics blaring after 9pm

The number of US-style sweet and souvenir shops blighting Oxford Street has dropped by nearly a third, according to Westminster Council. The local authority has accused some of the businesses of fleecing the taxpayer with £8m of tax evasion and of “lowering the tone” of the capital’s most famous shopping…

Westminster Council says some of the candy and souvenir shops have evaded up to £8m in business rates

Westminster Council bosses were forced to clear up a mess of their own making on Friday after claims about its crackdown on fly tipping backfired.

Police say ‘playtime’s over’ after raid uncovers suspected fake Rolex watches and vapes

Wider pavements, seating, additional greening and lighting are part of the plans