The following article, written by Westminster City Council Leader Rachael Robathan, originally published by themj.co.uk

Up and down the town centres of the country, we felt the tectonic plates move on Saturday as, after four months of being cooped up, people finally got to go out.

The Mental Health Foundation is hosting Mental Health Week, on the theme of Kindness.

We are all aware of the continuing difficult period that is being experienced by everyone across Westminster. I want to assure you that your local councillors will continue to provide whatever support or advice is needed in the coming weeks.

Taking advantage of the absence of traffic and pedestrians during lockdown, the Queensway street works made terrific progress. The wide new pavements will enable proper social distancing when people return to the high street as restrictions are lifted.

A new Community Protection Zone has just gone live on and around Queensway and Inverness Terrace to help police tackle the sharp increase in antisocial behaviour there during lockdown, and ban persistent troublemakers from the area.

We are all aware of the continuing difficult period that is being experienced by everyone across Westminster. I want to assure you that your local councillors will continue to provide whatever support or advice is needed in the coming weeks.

This week, the Union Flag will fly outside Westminster City Hall to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day on Friday.

The Conservative-controlled Westminster City Council has arranged for the refurbishment of two hundred decommissioned Council laptops. The laptops have been distributed to help vulnerable families hitherto without computers.

The following article by Westminster City Council Leader Rachael Robathan originally appeared on theMJ.co.uk 

We are all aware of the continuing difficult period that is being experienced by everyone across Westminster. I want to assure you that your local councillors will continue to provide whatever support or advice is needed in the coming weeks.