Cllr Regan Hook
@rhook.bsky.social
🌹Westminster Labour Councillor for Harrow Road ward.
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At the end of the summer season Cheltenham Lido drains down the pool and re-fills for winter cold water swimming. But before that, they open it to dogs for the weekend. It's Mabel's favourite day of the year.
October 12, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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September 30, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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someone in a group chat posted a Beth Rigby tweet about a planning application for a new stadium in the west of england, and there was about a minute of confusion as to why she'd felt fit to post about this before I realised it was actually Bath Rugby
September 27, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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This (🌹 Westminster Council) initiative was launched after North Paddington was chosen as a priority area for investment, with the aim of addressing years of underinvestment and neglect.
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North Paddington on the rise with major council investment
From new basketball courts to community buildings and even barbers trained to discuss mental health, the latest snapshot of the North Paddington project highlights how this part of Westminster is bein...
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August 20, 2025 at 8:21 AM
This (🌹 Westminster Council) initiative was launched after North Paddington was chosen as a priority area for investment, with the aim of addressing years of underinvestment and neglect.
#LabourCouncils
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Rayner says Farage ‘failing young women’ with plan to scrap Online Safety Act
Rayner says Farage ‘failing young women’ with plan to scrap Online Safety Act
Deputy PM says move would cause rise in ‘revenge porn’, as Labour launches attack ads against Reform UK leader
Nigel Farage is “failing a generation of young women” with his plans to scrap the Online Safety Act, Angela Rayner has said, arguing the move would cause an increase in the prevalence of “revenge porn”.
The comments by the deputy prime minister are the latest criticism of Farage from the government, with Labour launching a parallel series of attack adverts on the Reform UK leader, including one showing him alongside the misogynist influencer Andrew Tate. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
August 17, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Rayner says Farage ‘failing young women’ with plan to scrap Online Safety Act
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Tenant renting Soho flat on AirBnB after secret move to France among £1million of fraud against London council
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
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Council tenant rented Soho flat on AirBnB after secret move to France
Flagship London council also faced internal fraud with one ex-employee still bagging their salary and another caught moonlighting
www.standard.co.uk
July 4, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Tenant renting Soho flat on AirBnB after secret move to France among £1million of fraud against London council
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
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Here's why we will not be doing cross pavement charging in the City of Westminster
1️⃣ We would become responsible for the safety of EV cables without the ability to verify this safety, for one because we can't know how they're connected to a domestic supply.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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1️⃣ We would become responsible for the safety of EV cables without the ability to verify this safety, for one because we can't know how they're connected to a domestic supply.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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English councils urged to install pavement gullies for home charging of electric cars
Scheme aims to stop cables trailing across pavements and encourage drivers to switch to electric vehicles
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July 13, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Here's why we will not be doing cross pavement charging in the City of Westminster
1️⃣ We would become responsible for the safety of EV cables without the ability to verify this safety, for one because we can't know how they're connected to a domestic supply.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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1️⃣ We would become responsible for the safety of EV cables without the ability to verify this safety, for one because we can't know how they're connected to a domestic supply.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Credit to @adamhug.bsky.social @carasanquest.bsky.social and Westminster colleagues for reinvesting in Children’s Centres locally after a decade of cuts and closures. This is how to make a difference
NEW: Sure Start generated widespread, long-lasting benefits for children in education, health, absences, and SEND.
Every £1 of up-front spending on Sure Start could generate around £2 in total benefits over the long run.
THREAD on our new @nuffieldfoundation.org-funded report:
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Every £1 of up-front spending on Sure Start could generate around £2 in total benefits over the long run.
THREAD on our new @nuffieldfoundation.org-funded report:
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May 22, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Credit to @adamhug.bsky.social @carasanquest.bsky.social and Westminster colleagues for reinvesting in Children’s Centres locally after a decade of cuts and closures. This is how to make a difference
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Bit of a triumph this.
“Yippee ki-yay…”
We are excited to tell everyone that Westminster Council decided on May 1st that the Prince Charles Cinema would be included in the list of Assets of Community Value maintained by the Council under section 87 of the Localism Act 2011.
We are excited to tell everyone that Westminster Council decided on May 1st that the Prince Charles Cinema would be included in the list of Assets of Community Value maintained by the Council under section 87 of the Localism Act 2011.
May 9, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Bit of a triumph this.
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Debate about how best to manage transport on Oxford Street has gone on for 100 years. Senior Westminster councillor Paul Dimoldenberg reviews the many dreams and schemes and wonders if Sadiq Khan's vision will become reality: www.onlondon.co.uk/paul-dimolde.... #london #oxfordstreet #transport
Paul Dimoldenberg: 100 years of transport on Oxford Street
Reconciling the often competing needs of retailers, residents and transport options has never been easy
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May 4, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Debate about how best to manage transport on Oxford Street has gone on for 100 years. Senior Westminster councillor Paul Dimoldenberg reviews the many dreams and schemes and wonders if Sadiq Khan's vision will become reality: www.onlondon.co.uk/paul-dimolde.... #london #oxfordstreet #transport
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We want Maida Hill to be a space for all of our communities. Today, it was Morocco’s food and music. And nice to bump into @rhook.bsky.social and Rhys Thomas too.
April 26, 2025 at 1:17 PM
We want Maida Hill to be a space for all of our communities. Today, it was Morocco’s food and music. And nice to bump into @rhook.bsky.social and Rhys Thomas too.
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Swap out your winter clothes for spring and summer! 👚👖
Bring unwanted clothes & goods to our free award-winning Community Mobile Recycling Centre. Drop off, swap, or shop recycled items for free!
⌚ 26 April 10am - 4pm
📍 Hide Tower, Regency Street, SW1P 4AA
Read more: bit.ly/3QUSJSr
Bring unwanted clothes & goods to our free award-winning Community Mobile Recycling Centre. Drop off, swap, or shop recycled items for free!
⌚ 26 April 10am - 4pm
📍 Hide Tower, Regency Street, SW1P 4AA
Read more: bit.ly/3QUSJSr
April 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Swap out your winter clothes for spring and summer! 👚👖
Bring unwanted clothes & goods to our free award-winning Community Mobile Recycling Centre. Drop off, swap, or shop recycled items for free!
⌚ 26 April 10am - 4pm
📍 Hide Tower, Regency Street, SW1P 4AA
Read more: bit.ly/3QUSJSr
Bring unwanted clothes & goods to our free award-winning Community Mobile Recycling Centre. Drop off, swap, or shop recycled items for free!
⌚ 26 April 10am - 4pm
📍 Hide Tower, Regency Street, SW1P 4AA
Read more: bit.ly/3QUSJSr
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If you're a young person or student in Westminster, or a resident eligible for concessions, you may qualify for free swimming sessions at local leisure centres! 🐠
Discover more and apply for your ActiveWestminster card: active.westminster.gov.uk/activewestminster-card/
Discover more and apply for your ActiveWestminster card: active.westminster.gov.uk/activewestminster-card/
April 17, 2025 at 3:37 PM
If you're a young person or student in Westminster, or a resident eligible for concessions, you may qualify for free swimming sessions at local leisure centres! 🐠
Discover more and apply for your ActiveWestminster card: active.westminster.gov.uk/activewestminster-card/
Discover more and apply for your ActiveWestminster card: active.westminster.gov.uk/activewestminster-card/
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@pollytoynbee.bsky.social is a good friend to @teamlabouruk.bsky.social through thick and thin. Now is the time to listen to friends. In a society where wealth has shifted again toward the rich, surely it is their turn to dig deep www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I believe Labour cares about those in need, but it must show that. It can’t go on like this | Polly Toynbee
Every Labour government improves the lives of those with the least. But the framing and the targeting of these cuts is wrong, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
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March 18, 2025 at 7:48 AM
@pollytoynbee.bsky.social is a good friend to @teamlabouruk.bsky.social through thick and thin. Now is the time to listen to friends. In a society where wealth has shifted again toward the rich, surely it is their turn to dig deep www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Our new Fairer Westminster Delivery Plan for April 2025 – March 2026 is now live!
The voices of our residents and the priorities of our communities are the driving force behind our decisions.
Visit our website to read our plan for the year ahead: www.westminster.gov.uk/fairer-westm...
The voices of our residents and the priorities of our communities are the driving force behind our decisions.
Visit our website to read our plan for the year ahead: www.westminster.gov.uk/fairer-westm...
March 7, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Our new Fairer Westminster Delivery Plan for April 2025 – March 2026 is now live!
The voices of our residents and the priorities of our communities are the driving force behind our decisions.
Visit our website to read our plan for the year ahead: www.westminster.gov.uk/fairer-westm...
The voices of our residents and the priorities of our communities are the driving force behind our decisions.
Visit our website to read our plan for the year ahead: www.westminster.gov.uk/fairer-westm...
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Last night, at Full Council, we were delighted to announce that our Fairer Westminster Delivery Plan for April 2025 – March 2026 has been approved.
This is our vision for how we are going to combine delivering effective services with creating a more equitable city.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ_2...
This is our vision for how we are going to combine delivering effective services with creating a more equitable city.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ_2...
Delivering a Fairer Westminster
YouTube video by Westminster City Council
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March 6, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Last night, at Full Council, we were delighted to announce that our Fairer Westminster Delivery Plan for April 2025 – March 2026 has been approved.
This is our vision for how we are going to combine delivering effective services with creating a more equitable city.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ_2...
This is our vision for how we are going to combine delivering effective services with creating a more equitable city.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ_2...
Maida Hill Market has a hotspot! Get in #HarrowRoad !
It's true. Connected London Wifi is faster than cellular and you only need to download the profile once to automatically connect. 51 sites are already live in @CityWestminster. www.thelondonspy.co.uk/p/we-tested-...
We tested a fix for bad phone signal in London and it's actually decent
Plus: London’s ‘meanest landlord’ returns, Heathrow expansion, and all-you-can-eat lasagne
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February 7, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Maida Hill Market has a hotspot! Get in #HarrowRoad !
Your @citywestminster.bsky.social Labour Council making life safer 🌹.
We get stuff done!
We get stuff done!
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/... The Conservatives turned off the councils’s CCTV in 2016. Labour now brings another 100 cameras across @CityWestminster. We get things done.
More CCTV cameras to target West End phone snatchers
Westminster council’s new budget includes £2million to double the size of its CCTV camera network
www.standard.co.uk
February 7, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Your @citywestminster.bsky.social Labour Council making life safer 🌹.
We get stuff done!
We get stuff done!
Hard relate! 😅
It's on a beautiful winter day like this when the majestic low sun shines through your house that you realise you don't dust enough.
February 6, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Hard relate! 😅
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This funding allows us to take that step and get the project back on track after the Conservative government removed it from the national 2030 New Hospital Programme in May 2023.
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February 5, 2025 at 10:48 AM
This funding allows us to take that step and get the project back on track after the Conservative government removed it from the national 2030 New Hospital Programme in May 2023.
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Hundreds of relatives, friends and former colleagues of the former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott are assembling at Hull Minster for his funeral today.
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John Prescott funeral: Donations spike to Alzheimer’s Research UK after his death – LabourList
Hundreds of relatives, friends and former colleagues of the former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott are assembling at Hull Minster for his funeral today. Prescott's…
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January 30, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Hundreds of relatives, friends and former colleagues of the former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott are assembling at Hull Minster for his funeral today.
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It's going to be a very long four years...
January 21, 2025 at 5:08 AM
It's going to be a very long four years...
Excited to be canvassing for our fantastic candidate, Joanna in #VincentSquare ! 🌹
@jcr4vsward.bsky.social
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Introducing Joanna Camadoo-Rothwell - Westminster Labour Councillors
Your Local Labour Candidate for the Vincent Square By-election on Thursday 27 February Following the sad passing of Labour Councillor Gillian Arrindell, who worked tirelessly for Vincent Square reside...
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January 18, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Excited to be canvassing for our fantastic candidate, Joanna in #VincentSquare ! 🌹
@jcr4vsward.bsky.social
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@jcr4vsward.bsky.social
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Foodbank use in London has reached an all-time high in the last 6 months. But food poverty isn’t just about food – it’s a financial issue. We need to focus on ensuring everyone has enough money to meet their basic needs. #EndFoodPoverty #FoodBankCrisis #LondonPoverty
January 15, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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“Since Elon Musk torpedoed Twitter, Bluesky has seen a stunning surge. CEO Jay Graber is working on “billionaire-proofing” social media against any similar takeover”
That’s why we’re here. 👏👏👏
That’s why we’re here. 👏👏👏
How Jay Graber Is Making Sure Bluesky Never Turns Into Elon Musk’s X
Since Elon Musk torpedoed Twitter, Bluesky has seen a stunning surge. CEO Jay Graber is working on “billionaire-proofing” social media against any similar takeover.
www.forbes.com
January 7, 2025 at 6:39 AM
“Since Elon Musk torpedoed Twitter, Bluesky has seen a stunning surge. CEO Jay Graber is working on “billionaire-proofing” social media against any similar takeover”
That’s why we’re here. 👏👏👏
That’s why we’re here. 👏👏👏