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 […]
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 […]
In July 2025, Hillingdon Council’s then-Cabinet Member for Community & Environment, Cllr. Eddie Lavery, cited “survey data” as a key reason for not implementing an entrance fee at Ruislip Lido. However, a subsequent Freedom of Information (FOI) response, email correspondence and a rejected follow-up question have cast significant doubt on the existence – and the […]
After months of silence, missed statutory deadlines, and the looming threat of a High Court Judicial Review, Hillingdon Council has finally published a formal report today regarding the Rural Activities Garden Centre (RAGC). The report, authored by the Assistant Director of Property, recommends that the Cabinet Member for Corporate Services & Property, Cllr Jonathan Bianco, […]
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:
