Hillingdon Council has published its draft budget for 2026/27, which includes significant increases to parking charges across the borough, alongside changes to resident discounts and how parking is paid for. In the first of a series of articles on the draft budget, we look at the changes proposed for parking in Ruislip and across the […]
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Ruislip CAB site plans: Six new homes and parking revisions proposed by Hillingdon Council
After ten years of delays and repeated assurances that proposals were “imminent”, a planning application has now been published for the former Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) site and the adjoining St Martin’s Approach car park. The scheme effectively swaps the use of the two areas. A terrace of six new family houses is proposed on […]
Where is Hillingdon’s Budget? Council disregards ‘Five Day’ rule – again
Hillingdon Council’s December Cabinet meeting should unveil the draft 2026/27 Budget ahead of its public consultation opening. As with all public meetings held at the Civic Centre, the papers making up the Agenda bundle should be published a week before the meeting. The 2026/27 Budget was not part of the papers when they were published on […]
Ruislip High School’s Winter Concert
Immediately following the school’s Christmas Community Event on the afternoon of December 11th, visitors were escorted by sixth form students to the venue of the Winter Concert. An introduction was given by Year 11 students Charlie and Nicole who later also gave an excellent performance themselves of “Slow Dancing in a Burning Room” by John Mayer with Nicole singing […]
The Ghost of ’76: did Hillingdon Council’s “Rabbit Breeder” scandal predict our 2025 financial crisis?
A 50-Year Echo In late 2025, Hillingdon Council faces the gravest financial threat in its history: a projected £36 million deficit, depleted reserves, and the looming possibility of a Section 114 notice (effective bankruptcy). While modern auditors cite “governance failures” and “poor financial management,” a resurfaced BBC report from 1976 suggests this is not a […]
