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YOU WONT BELIEVE: Hounslow council - You Need To See This

Rogue landlords in London avoid paying millions in penalties, new data shows

Nearly £8.7million in civil penalties to private landlords was handed out between 2023 and 2025, but just under £3million was recovered

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'Peasants revolt' secures victory after decade-long London allotments battle

The agreement was reached with the Duke of Northumberland’s estate to finally secure the future of the plots

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Rogue west London landlord slapped with £80k fine for renting dangerous building

Rajinder Singh Pander ignored Hounslow Council when he was ordered to demolish the unsafe building

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West London Labour council suffers second Tory defection in six weeks amid scandals

The former Labour councillor said: ‘Locally and nationally, the Labour Party is driving our community and the country to the brink’

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West London Labour councillor suspended for employing illegal worker in her home

Councillor Hina Mir was handed a £40,000 fine for employing the illegal worker

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Second London councillor is 'spotted parked in disabled bay' just days after another apologises for the same act

It comes after a member of the same council resigned from his committee post after parking his Lamborghini in a disabled spot

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West London councillor 'told another to f*** off' at meeting

Katherine Dunne has said she doesn’t recall making the comment

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London councillor apologises after his Lamborghini was found parked in disabled bay twice without blue badge

Farhaan Rehman has also quit from one of his roles at Hounslow Council amid outcry over the parking of his £200,000 vehicle

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Hounslow councillor under investigation after Lamborghini seen parked in disabled bays

Photos appear to show Cllr Farhaan Rehman’s Lamborghini parked in two disabled bays at Hounslow House without a blue badge, prompting a Labour investigation

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Wave of London Labour defections grows as another councillor quits party over ‘financial mismanagement’

Hounslow councillor Vickram Grewal blamed his former party’s financial “mismanagement” as he announced he was joining the Conservatives

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Single mum fined £1,000 for leaving envelope beside overflowing bins in west London

Loretta Alvarez, 26, says she was left ‘stressed’ and ‘shocked’ after being fined £1,000 for leaving an envelope next to full bins outside her flat in Feltham

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Nurse slapped with £1,000 fine by London council for 'flytipping' an envelope

Loretta Alvarez, 26, handed huge fine after putting cardboard envelope next to full communal bins outside her home

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Major new west London housing development to be first to prioritise military families, minister announces

MoD Feltham in Hounslow will see hundreds of houses built and jobs created under the ‘Forces First’ programme

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Interactive map reveals London's confusing e-bike no-go zones as riders slam council’s 'insane' Lime ban

E-bike users have slammed Hounslow Council’s decision to ban Lime bikes in the borough as ‘insanity’

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London's messy e-bike rules mean ‘every bridge is Checkpoint Charlie’

Irish stand-up Dara O Briain complained that e-bikes are ‘stacking up’ at river crossings in west London

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Comedian hits out at London’s E-bike licensing creating ‘Checkpoint Charlies’

Hounslow has granted permission for Forest and Voi’s e-bikes

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Pregnant domestic abuse survivor fleeing ex told by London council 'patch up smashed front door with cardboard'

The woman, who feared that her ex had found her and that she was in danger, has criticised council for their response

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London council refuses to house homeless young mother after leaving her sofa surfing while pregnant

Hounslow council was told to offer the woman and her baby its next available suitable home after its failures meant she missed out on a number of secure tenancies, but it has refused

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New 'state of the art' film studios get green light in west London

The Vinyl Factory, the developer behind the project, estimates the studio will create over 3,000 permanent jobs

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Jamie Oliver launches campaign to target child obesity at London primary schools

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'Green Belt field near our home is vital - don't turn it into warehouse dumping ground'

The plans were originally drawn up in 2015 and the council has cut back on the scale of the project due to pressure from residents

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Inside 'dumping ground' Travelodge that is home to some of London's most vulnerable

Some people are placed in the hotel for months at a time but regularly have to change rooms, causing further instability

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‘Baffling’: Hounslow Council criticised after axing Jewish exhibition over 'safety fears’

Exhibition postponed four days before it was due to start

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Actor Jim Carter backs London scheme to turn unused land into education allotments for children

The scheme has won backing from the government and the Greater London Authority

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MP backs residents in battle against ‘monster’ 5G mast looming over houses in west London

A 65ft phone mast has been built on playing field just yards from gardens in Boston Manor

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