Issues

Along with its usual work of helping the residents of Ruislip, the RRA sometimes takes on more national issues, that nevertheless have an effect on Ruislip.

HIGH SPEED 2 (HS2)

At present we are dealing with the proposals for High Speed 2 (HS2), which goes through Ruislip, partly in a tunnel and partly on the surface. We are working to reduce the impact of this major national infrastructure project on Ruislip and its community.

 
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Silence from the Civic Centre: A Child Receives CPR at the Lido

This past week brought a terrifying escalation to Ruislip Lido – one that local residents have spent years warning was inevitable.  Over a 24-hour window spanning Monday 25 May and Tuesday 26 May, Reservoir Road was completely paralysed on two consecutive days by two different massive emergency responses. While the community waits in agonising suspense […]

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“An Active Public Safety Hazard”: Open Letter to Hillingdon Council Over Lido Gridlock

We have received a copy of an open letter addressed to Steve Tuckwell (Leader of Hillingdon Council), Phillip Corthorne, John Riley and Peter Smallwood (Ruislip’s ward councillors) and Hillingdon Council’s Complaints department, and reproduce it in full, below:   URGENT FORMAL COMPLAINT & SAFETY ESCALATION: Re – Dangerous Driving, Traffic Evasion, and Shift-Worker Sleep Deprivation […]

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Fewer Eyes on the Money: Why Residents Should Challenge Hillingdon’s New Scrutiny System

At a time when Hillingdon is under serious financial pressure, the Council has slashed routine financial scrutiny. Here is why residents are fighting back. At the same Annual Council meeting where Hillingdon changed the rules on sealed contracts and debt write-offs, it also changed the way financial scrutiny is organised. This may turn out to […]

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After Cowley Meeting Hall: Hillingdon Rewrites the Rulebook to Move Debt Out of Sight

From constitutional changes to closed-door decisions: how the Council reacted to a local scandal. This article is not about whether the Theo’s Café lease was lawful or unlawful. It is about what Hillingdon Council did next. At the Annual Council meeting on 14 May 2026, the newly re-elected Conservative administration approved a package of major […]

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Theo’s Café Update: A Missed Deadline, an ICO Investigation, and a Police Report

The Council has defaulted on its FOI obligations, the Information Commissioner has stepped in, and the original lease arrangement has been reported to the police. Here is what Hillingdon Council still refuses to answer. When we first exposed the Theo’s Café contradiction, the central question was straightforward: how did a Council lease that appeared to […]

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We look forward to seeing you at our GM on
Tuesday 15th September 2026 at Winston Churchill Hall, Ruislip
(Note the changed date: not 5th Oct as previously advertised)