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WATER CO IS WARNED

THAMES Water could be forced into the courts unless it improves the standards of its repairs drastically, City Hall warned yesterday (Thursday).
Westminster Council took the unprecedented step of issuing an Improvement Notice against Thames Water, claiming that nearly 40 per cent of works carried out by the company is unsatisfactory, including work in Mayfair, Soho and Bayswater.
Unless the water company now sticks to a strict improvement plan yet to be agreed, it could find itself facing criminal proceedings.
Westminster officers believe that nearly 4,000 Thames Water repairs, out of 10,000 over the last year, are defective.
Councillor Alan Bradley, Westminster’s cabinet member for street environment, said: “The last couple of years their standards have deteriorated and it all stems from when they changed their contractor a couple of years ago, then standards started to drop.
“We held meetings with them in May and June this year and they said then they would improve. In fact things have got worse.”
He added: “The sort of problems we have been having include them carrying out a lot of work at weekends.
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Top Tory blasts booze ‘spin’

A SENIOR Conservative councillor has launched a stinging attack against his own council’s licensing regime.
Cllr Ian Wilder, the outspoken representative for the West End Ward, has accused his own licensing department of “spin” by giving the impression bars and clubs are under greater council control.
His comments come as residents of Mayfair are preparing to use a clause in the government’s controversial new Licensing Act to try and get their neighbourhood designated a “stress area”.
On November 28 residents are holding a ground-breaking meeting to galvanise support for the plan as they fear Mayfair could become swamped with clubs and late night bars.
Neighbouring Soho has been designated a “stress area” for several years meaning that no new venues can be given licences.
And residents’ believe that this has forced bar owners to find alternative sites, with Mayfair as a prime spot.

 



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