Reset Industrial Relations Now – Stop Kingston Sleepwalking Into Crisis
Kingston Council is facing a growing industrial relations disaster – and residents will pay the price if nothing is done. It started with the ongoing dispute involving APCOA parking wardens, who are striking for fair pay and union recognition. Kingston’s parking wardens earn £13.85 an hour, far less than colleagues in Camden and Westminster (£16.50). They’re asking for £15, still below parity for doing the same job in the same city. Instead of working to resolve the dispute, the Council is accused of presiding over something
Free lunches for Kingston’s vulnerable children this half-term
We stand with Marcus Rashford MBE in his fight to ensure that no child goes hungry during the school holidays. We are incredibly disappointed that neither the government nor Kingston Council are pledging to support children from poorer families across Kingston during the October Half Term. If they won’t look out for struggling families, we will. No child should ever go hungry. If your child is in receipt of Free School Meals, we will be offering a free lunch consisting of a sandwich, snack and drink,
REVEALED: Kingston planning chief proclaims residents ‘shouldn’t participate’ in Planning Decisions
LISTEN to Mike Kiely's views on Resident Planning above, taken from the BBC World Tonight on Radio 4, 27/04/2020 KINGSTON Council has long had a reputation amongst residents for being a soft-touch on development, with controversial high-rise schemes including Tolworth Tower, The Old Post Office, Eden Walk and New Malden’s Multi-Storey Car Park being approved in recent years. Residents have long complained at successive Development Control Committee meetings of how they feel the Council is acting on behalf of developers, rather than residents - a claim