Because the accounts were published late, the lawful “Public Inspection” period was pushed back to autumn. When three residents visited the Civic Centre during this delayed window to inspect the books – an appointment confirmed by the council – nobody was there to meet them, except, after almost an hour of waiting, an untrained junior staff […]
While the Council aggressively pursues residents for Council Tax arrears, a different standard was applied to a former colleague. Investigative reporting by the LDRS revealed that former Conservative Councillor Alan Deville was allowed to accumulate rent arrears on the Cowley Meeting Hall. Mr Deville leased the hall from the Council for £5,655 a year, but […]
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 – […]
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:
