Fighting for Shepherd's Bush Green

Our Motivation

We're proud to announce that we are standing as your Liberal Democrat candidates for Shepherd's Bush Green in May's local council elections and we couldn't be more excited to make the case for the change this area deserves.

We're not career politicians. We're your neighbours. Partners who share a flat, a dog, and a deep frustration with how this area has been let down.
We won't pretend to have all the answers. No candidate does, and anyone who tells you otherwise isn't being straight with you. What we have is fire in our bellies, a deep sense of justice, and a genuine commitment to listen to you, to your neighbours, and to anyone who has something to say about how this area should be run.
 

Kemi Badenoch once mocked the Liberal Democrats for fixing church roofs. We'll take that. Because that's exactly what we intend to do here, roll up our sleeves, get stuck into the details, and clean up these streets with heart and community behind us. The unglamorous, necessary work of making somewhere a better place to live. That's what we're here for.

That commitment became personal last winter. We had no hot water and no heating. Our landlord ignored us. When we turned to our councillors for help, they were nowhere to be found. And when the lift in our building broke down (leaving us stranded on the seventh floor) again, there was silence. No response. No accountability. Nobody fighting our corner.

That's when we decided: if you want something done, you have to do it yourself.
Shepherd's Bush Green deserves representatives who actually show up. We will.

Safer Streets
Shepherd's Bush Green records nearly 46 antisocial behaviour incidents every single month, the highest rate in the entire borough. Residents tell us the same people return day after day, because they know they can get away with it. That has to end.
 

We will:

• Target the tube exits, where robbery is concentrated, with named officers accountable for results
• Push for dispersal orders and exclusion zones for repeat offenders, not just cautions that achieve nothing
• Restore a visible police presence on Uxbridge Road, where the closure of the local police station has left a vacuum that crime has filled
• Hold the Met and council to account for their promises under the Safer Streets Summer designation, where Shepherd's Bush Green is listed as one of London's top crime hotspots

A Thriving High Street
Walk down Uxbridge Road and you can see the decline with your own eyes: broken shutters, exposed wiring, graffiti-covered phone booths, rubbish bags lining the pavement, and yet another chicken shop where a local restaurant used to be. Over 1,000 residents signed a petition demanding urgent action. We agree and we have a plan.

We will:

• Enforce shopfront standards now, using existing council planning powers to end the blight of makeshift signage and derelict facades, starting at the most visible problem sites like 350 Uxbridge Road
• Fix commercial waste collection times so rubbish bags aren't lining the pavement all day, and enforce those rules
• Accelerate the Business Improvement District process and make sure independent traders have a real voice in it
• Introduce shopfront improvement grants and business rate relief for traders who invest in their premises, modelled on what worked in Leyton and Deptford
• Scrutinise licensing decisions more carefully and stop approving change-of-use applications that add nothing to the area

Decent Homes
Too many residents in Shepherd's Bush Green are living with damp, mould, broken heating, and repairs that never get done. The Shepherds Bush Housing Association has faced multiple Housing Ombudsman rulings for exactly these failures, surveyors who visit and take no action, reports lost with no record, residents left waiting months or years. Enough.

We will:

• Publish contractor performance data so residents can see who is responsible for missed repairs and broken appointments
• Set clear, publicised response time targets and make sure residents are automatically compensated when landlords miss them
• Create a local housing casework service so residents (including leaseholders and shared owners) get real help navigating complaints
• Make sure every resident knows about Awaab's Law, which now legally requires landlords to inspect damp and mould within 14 days and complete repairs within 7 and use it as a lever for enforcement when they don't