The Council’s ability to meet basic deadlines seems in danger of collapsing. By law, councils must publish their draft accounts by 30th June. Hillingdon failed to do so until 22nd September, making it the last borough in London to publish. The lateness was blamed on the Oracle accounting system being “a bit of a car […]
Perhaps the most worrying disconnect from reality concerns the Council’s request for Exceptional Financial Support (EFS). To put this £150 million figure into perspective: there are 106,874 Band D equivalent properties in Hillingdon. This loan effectively places over £1,400 of new debt onto every household, which we will be paying back for 20 years – […]
Residents were rightly alarmed last week after news spread of a public notice in the Uxbridge Gazette announcing the closure of Breakspear Road South for four months, starting at the end of March. Given the obvious chaos this would cause, we immediately sought clarification. We can confirm that the notice was published in error! “The […]
Hi further to the last update in July 2025 What is happening at 2 Midcroft in Ruislip? | Ruislip Residents’ Association The planning application to demolish the old petrol station at 2 Midcroft and built a block of 7 flats was approved by LBH planning on 30th January. This ends 18 years of uncertainty concerning […]
The Public Inspection of Accounts allows residents to scrutinise council finances and ask questions, but Hillingdon’s late publication of its accounts and failure to answer valid inspection questions raise concerns about how effectively this legal right works in practice. What happened when Ruislip residents attended Three Ruislip residents – two of them committee members of […]
Historically, Ruislip is in the hundred of Elthorne, in the county of Middlesex, but for modern administrative purposes it is part of the London Borough of Hillingdon. Answers to many questions about services in and around Ruislip can be found on Hillingdon’s website:
Areas surrounding Ruislip are covered by other Residents’ Associations, so here are links to them:
