Leader of Conservative Group on Westminster City Council, Mobile CEO, & Dad. Promoted by J Cockram for P Swaddle both of 90 Ebury Street SW1W 9QD
London, United Kingdom
Joined February 2009
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People using the new Oxford Street need to feel safe. On day one: no extra police we could see and no security beyond the marshals. Tim Barnes (@votetimbarnes) on Times Radio. #WestminsterMatters #Westminster #CityThatWorksForAll #SafeStreets
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When will the demands stop?
Everyone knows the transatlantic slave trade was wrong. Britain played a huge role in stopping it.
So when it comes to the question of reparations, my answer is no.
It’s time for the Commonwealth to start looking forwards, not backwards.
A week ago today my Grandma passed, it is quite amazing that at my age I even had a Grandma, but at 103 she had lived an amazing and long life! Here she is getting married in Jerusalem in 1945 only a few short weeks after the end of the war in Europe
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The Mayor says it was his Oxford Street scheme or managed decline. It wasn't: £20m of our £120m plan had already been spent before he binned it. Tim Barnes (@votetimbarnes) on Times Radio. #WestminsterMatters #Westminster #CityThatWorksForAll
The Mayor says it was his Oxford Street scheme or managed decline. It wasn't: £20m of our £120m plan had already been spent before he binned it. Tim Barnes (@votetimbarnes) on Times Radio. #WestminsterMatters #Westminster #CityThatWorksForAll
Oxford Street may look better for shoppers. "It may not be better for the people who live and work in Central London." Tim Barnes (@votetimbarnes) on BBC Radio London. #WestminsterMatters #Westminster #CityThatWorksForAll
When Sadiq Khan announced his Oxford Street plan, Labour ran Westminster and he didn't even tell them. Not a Mayor concerned with local democracy. Tim Barnes (@votetimbarnes) on BBC Radio London. #WestminsterMatters #Westminster #CityThatWorksForAll
Oxford Street's buses, taxis and vans haven't vanished. We'll be monitoring traffic, noise and pollution in the side streets and holding the Mayor and TfL to account. Tim Barnes (@votetimbarnes) on BBC Radio London. #WestminsterMatters #Westminster #CityThatWorksForAll
Last year Westminster Labour handed Oxford Street's highways authority to the Mayor. They should at least have asked for a proper plan. Paul Fisher (@PaulEFishr) on Times Radio. #WestminsterMatters #Westminster #CityThatWorksForAll
🏛️ Tomorrow's Budget: a Family Home Tax, a £100m cut to Westminster and more money for Sadiq Khan's pet projects.
Same Old Labour at every level: reckless with your money locally and taxing you harder nationally.
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Keeping people safe on Oxford Street has to come first. How do emergency vehicles reach it now? Paul Fisher (@PaulEFishr) on Times Radio. #WestminsterMatters #Westminster #CityThatWorksForAll #SafeStreets
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I visited @HarleyStreetBID to talk about how @CityWestminster is working to
support growth in the City. Our traders & businesses give each area of our City its distinctive character; BIDs like Harley Street are a great vehicle for pulling that insight and experience together.
A traffic-free Oxford Street has to work for everyone. Buses about 100 metres away, no step-free access at Oxford Circus and taxis banned. Tim Barnes (@votetimbarnes) on BBC Radio London. #WestminsterMatters #Westminster #CityThatWorksForAll
The government thinks London has too much money. That is the whole basis of a formula that cuts Westminster's funding by 50%. Paul Fisher setting it out on BBC Radio London.
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Oxford Street is traffic-free from today. It must not become "any other big shopping street anywhere in the world". Tim Barnes (@votetimbarnes) on BBC Radio London. #WestminsterMatters #Westminster #CityThatWorksForAll
Day one of a traffic-free Oxford Street. The traffic hasn't vanished: 200 more cars at rush hour in the side streets, on the Mayor's own modelling. Paul Fisher (@PaulEFishr) on Times Radio. #WestminsterMatters #Westminster #CityThatWorksForAll
Westminster said no to pedestrianising Oxford Street. The Mayor built his own corporation to say yes.
@voteTimBarnes is right: that's anti-democratic.
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Labour took £20m out of Westminster's reserves last year for day-to-day spending, then left us to face a 50% funding cut. Paul Fisher on BBC Radio London: that was reckless, and we are putting the finances back on track.
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Oxford Street is now closed to traffic. Westminster wants it to succeed, but a scheme rushed to suit the Mayor's timetable is not a plan for residents, businesses or visitors.
Oxford Street closes to traffic tonight. Closing part of the nation's high street because it's the easiest route to a legacy is not a plan. Paul Fisher (@PaulEFishr) on Times Radio. #WestminsterMatters #Westminster #CityThatWorksForAll