UNCOVERED: Hillingdon council - The Untold Story

London shop owners storm out of council meeting amid 'devastating' 100 per cent rent hikes

Protesters shouted ‘shame on you’ as they walked out of a council meeting

Evening Standard · Sep 28

West London council ordered to pay pregnant mum and children compensation over 'hazardous' home

Hillingdon Council have apologised after placing the pregnant mother and children in unsuitable accommodation

Evening Standard · Sep 25

Construction supplies company ordered to pay £137k after employee hit by forklift truck

Hillingdon Council officers found Mills Limited had failed to put effective controls in place to keep pedestrians separate from vehicle operations

Evening Standard · Sep 24

London council slams Sadiq Khan over demand to build thousands of new homes on green belt

Hillingdon Council branded proposals to build more than 14,000 new homes on greenfield land in the borough ‘wholly disproportionate’

Evening Standard · Aug 13

'Serious concerns' from Government over Tory-run London council's finances

Government says it has ‘serious concerns’ about Hillingdon Council's finances after issuing the west London borough with a notice to improve

Evening Standard · Jul 17

Government issues notice due to ‘serious concerns’ about how London council is run

It comes after the Government ordered a review of the council’s finances and governance as a condition for financial support

Evening Standard · Jul 16

London council 'playing Russian roulette' with lives over management of popular lido

Thousands of visitors are unaware that swimming in the west London lido is banned

Evening Standard · Jul 5

West London residents hit out as block of flats used as toilet and fly-tipping hotspot

The block is managed by Home Group, a prominent housing association and social enterprise

Evening Standard · Jun 16

Residents outraged as west London flat block becomes fly-tipping hotspot

Locals at Felix Court in Yiewsley say problems around their block, including a rat infestation, have increased in recent years

Evening Standard · Jun 15

Half a million viral 'squishy' toys seized at Heathrow Airport

Trading Standard officers have stopped 500,000 potentially dangerous ‘squishy’ toys from entering the UK in the last two months

Evening Standard · Jun 11