

Borough Local Plan: Time for a Rethink?
Last week, the Royal Borough published the latest updates on the Borough Local Plan (BLP) and it wasn’t pleasant reading. The Inspector...


'Tis the Season to Come Together: The Joy of Community at Christmas
I confess that I’ve never been a huge fan of Christmas. Now, of course there’s plenty to enjoy about this time of year: cosy nights in...


Working Together to End Homelessness
As colder nights take hold across the Royal Borough, residents are turning up their boilers and snuggling beneath their beds to keep...


Learning Lessons from London’s East End to Improve the Royal Borough
On a recent field trip to East London, my Year 11 Geography students and I learned a few lessons on regeneration that could help us here...

Why we set up 'the Borough first': Bringing democracy back into our Council and removing Nat
For too long, residents across the Royal Borough have endured a local government that seemed more interested in seeing what it could get...


Passionate about improving your community? Want to put your skills to good use and make a lasting di
Over the last ten years or so I’ve become more and more involved in my community. I’ve been really concerned how the disadvantaged in...


Building a Borough for Everyone? We Can Only Do It Together.
As I drove home recently, I caught an inspirational episode of BBC Radio 4's Thinking Allowed about the importance of public spaces. ...

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