Andrew Brown (pictured) is the Conservative Candidate in the Town Ward Council by-election in Fulham. The by-election is on Thursday 12th July 2012 and was called following former H&F Council Leader Stephen Greenhalgh’s appointment as Deputy Mayor of London for Policing.
Ten reasons to vote for Andrew Brown:
Continued Council Tax reductions and value for money services compared to Labour’s 7.7% annual increases.
Tough measures on crime and anti-social behaviour to make our streets and estates safe.
Cleaner streets, easier recycling and same day refuse and recycling collections at least once a week.
Schools of choice and a top quality education for all local children.
A borough of opportunity, including low cost home ownership to help people onto the property ladder.
Support for local traders and businesses to keep Fulham Road and New Kings Road vibrant.
Pride in our local parks, ensuring they are properly maintained and improved.
Andrew Brown is local. He’s lived in Fulham for ten years and works next door to Putney Bridge Tube.
Andrew will always put Town Ward first - and will get his voice heard at the top table in the Town Hall.
Andrew is committed to listening to local residents and being easily accessible.
In the Town Ward byelection taking place on July 12th, the Labour Party has chosen Ben Coleman, someone they describe as a "local entrepreneur". He actually lives in Shepherd's Bush. But why are they so coy about disclosing just what sort of "entrepreneur" he is?
It turns out that he is a lobbyist, having set up his own firm Oceans Consulting - after failing to be selected as a Labour candidate for the 2001 General Election.
In his professional political life he helps the cause of tax avoidance. His clients include the British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission. It sees its role as “safeguarding the privacy and confidentiality of legitimate business transactions” in what is commonly regarded as a tax haven. In 2007 he won an award for his work for The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners. They exist to represent the professionals who help people to avoid tax.
Andrew Brown, who has lived in Hammersmith & Fulham for over ten years, has been chosen as the Conservative candidate in the Town Ward byelection on July 12th. He lives with his wife, Kimberley and baby daughter Annabelle.
Andrew also works a stones throw from Town Ward in offices next to Putney Bridge tube station, where he is a consultant in the healthcare industry.
A graduate of Imperial College, Andrew’s main interests are healthcare, particularly maintaining all services at our local hospitals; and fighting crime, having been an active member of his local Neighbourhood Watch.
Over 100 residents came together to celebrate the official opening of the new play area at Vine Square within the Maystar Estate off Star Road on Wednesday 6 June. They were joined by the newly elected Mayor of Hammersmith and Fulham, Councillor Belinda Donovan, who cut the ribbon and celebratory cake to declare the play area officially open.
Children enjoyed the new play equipment, and took part in sports activities, face painting and community games.
The new play area, designed by Groundwork’s landscape architects encourages imaginative play, with equipment including new swings, a wobble bridge and dish, climbing net, slide, boulders and a seating area, set within a grassy, undulating landscape. The height of the boundary wall was lowered to open up views so that the space feels safer, all the fencing was replaced and the extensive area of hard surfacing was removed and replaced with grass and play mulch to make it safer for children’s play. Now a hub of activity and energy the adventure play area provides both a play space for children as well as a much needed community space for events and activities.
A radical revolution in the way council services are delivered was signalled today as Hammersmith & Fulham Council announced a groundbreaking partnership with Post Office Ltd.
Unveiling bold plans to make council services available to all Hammersmith & Fulham (H&F) residents across the entire UK Post Office network - including 17 local branches - the new Leader of H&F Council, Cllr Nicholas Botterill, said:
“This ground-breaking partnership is a match made in heaven.
“This innovative arrangement offers residents much more choice and convenience as council services will be accessible from thousands of locations nationwide instead of just one or two locally. We are increasing choice, saving taxpayers’ cash and our local Post Office branches will have many more customers coming through their doors.
“Instead of having to traipse all the way to Hammersmith Town Hall, we want residents to be able to pop around the corner to buy a book of stamps and access council services.”
I used to be on the management committee for the Shepherd's Bush Housing Association, a pretty dire landlord operating in my borough and also neighbouring boroughs. At one of the meetings there was a proud declaration that we owned a house worth £4 million in Kensington Square. Those who lived there must have an incredibly subsidised rent - like winning the lottery. "Lucky family," a fellow committee member exclaimed. But in terms of asset management the policy of retaining such properties as some point of principle, even when they become vacant, is bonkers. With their scarce resources the charitable role of housing associations should be about providing decent housing to the many - not extravagant housing to the few.
We are proposing to stop those earning more than £40,200 from becoming council tenants. We are also backing the comments of Housing Minister Grant Shapps that tenants earning more than £60,000 should receive less state subsidy and therefore pay a higher social rent than those on lower incomes. Cllr Andrew Johnson, the Cabinet Member for Housing at Hammersmith & Fulham Council, said:
