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A motion submitted by Hillingdon Labour Councillor Stuart Mathers on modern slavery passed at Full Council on Thursday night – once the Conservatives had amended the motion to refer the Modern Slavery Charter to Cabinet for consideration, rather than it be adopted by a vote at Full Council. The original motion submitted by Cllr Mathers

A motion submitted to last week’s meeting calling on the Council to approach the Local Government Association (LGA) to carry out a review into scrutiny procedures was unsurprisingly rejected by the Hillingdon Conservatives who currently control the make up of the Council. There have been recent changes to the way in which Councillors are entitled

“I know what it is like to be called a ‘paki’, or a ‘wog’, to be strung up on my first day of senior school because I was a different colour” were the words of Hillingdon Labour Councillor Jazz Dhillon when proposing his motion on Islamophobia to the Hillingdon Council meeting that took place last week.

A Hillingdon Labour Councillor has reacted to the Council’s decision to scrap the corporate parenting board and removal of Councillors’ right to scrutinise council policy on vulnerable children in care, by expressing his worries that lack of scrutiny could lead to a ‘Baby P’ situation. Cllr Tony Eginton, Hillingdon Labour’s lead on Social Care, has

Responding to the news that the High Court have dismissed all the legal challenges to plans to build a third runway at Heathrow Airport, Hillingdon Labour Group Leader Cllr Peter Curling said “We are extremely disappointed at the high court ruling on the third runway at Heathrow Airport. We believe that the environmental impact and