Thanks to London Fire Brigade following Beckenham fire Tuesday, 30 September, 2025 The London Fire Brigade’s emergency firefighting response is being praised following the fire in Beckenham today. As always in this type of emergency scenario, the Council’s emergency planning response team were on standby to support local residents and the emergency services should this have been needed. Councillor Angela Page, Executive Councillor for Public Protection and Enforcement said, “It... Local News
Bob Stewart welcomes investment from the Conservative Government to transform sports facilities across Beckenham to get more people active 20th May 2023 Bob Stewart has welcomed £74,319 investment from the Conservative Government to transform sports facilities across the Beckenham constituency to get more people... Local News
Bob welcomes £3 Million in extra funding for schools across Beckenham thanks to the Conservative Government 12th May 2023 Bob Stewart has welcomed extra funding from the Conservative Government, providing schools across the Beckenham constituency with £3,096,951, as part of £2... Local News
New Equipment Sought to Tackle Speeding 29th April 2023 Bob Stewart has written to the Deputy Mayor of London for Policing to demand funding for hand held speed checking devices for the local Police to help tackle... Local News
Bob Stewart welcomes 3,468 extra police officers for Met Police, as Conservative Government delivers on manifesto pledge to get 20,000 extra police officers on our streets 26th April 2023 Member of Parliament for Beckenham, Bob Stewart, has welcomed the announcement that 3,468 extra police officers have been recruited for the Metropolitan Police... Local News
Bob welcomes the Conservative Government’s extended Cost of Living Payments worth £900 for vulnerable across Beckenham 25th April 2023 Bob Stewart has welcomed that almost one in four families across the UK will receive £301 from the Conservative Government as the latest Cost of Living Payments... Local News
Bob Stewart Joins Councillors In Call for New Police Vehicle for Hayes, Keston and West Wickham 13th April 2023 Member of Parliament for Beckenham & West Wickham, Bob Stewart, has joined local Councillors in petitioning the Deputy Mayor of London (Police & Crime) to fund... Local News
Bob welcomes news that 16,777 pensioners across Beckenham will benefit from the biggest ever increase in the Basic State Pension this April 11th April 2023 Bob Stewart has welcomed the news that 16,777 pensioners across the Beckenham constituency will receive a 10.1 per cent increase in their Basic State Pension... Local News
Councillors Shown New 358 Environmentally Friendly ‘Trambus’ Set for Local Roads This Year 28th March 2023 Bus operator Go-Ahead group hosted a group of Councillors at the Orpington Bus Garage in March to show them the new fully electric bus which is set to operate... Local News
Bob Welcomes Nitrous Oxide Ban As Part of Anti-Social Behaviour Crackdown 27th March 2023 Bob Stewart has welcomed the Government’s decision to ban the drug Nitrous Oxide, also known as NOS/ NO2 and Laughing Gas. Local News
“We will empower police to tackle scourge of violent knife crime,” pledges PM 19th November 2019 A Boris Johnson majority government would take a tough new approach to tackling knife crime and serious violence. National News
Life will mean life for child murderers 19th November 2019 Adults who murder children will be imprisoned for life, without parole, under tough new justice plans to be introduced by a Conservative majority Government. National News
Corbyn’s Pension Tax to cost savers £11,000 and force millions to delay retirement 18th November 2019 New analysis of Corbyn’s tax raid on pensions reveals that 10 million savers could lose an average of over £11,000 and be forced to delay retirement by almost... National News
Labour’s Brexit Policy: Even More Chaos and Indecision 18th November 2019 As per usual, Labour are only offering more talk, more delay and more indecision on Brexit. National News
Prime Minister Boris Johnson's CBI Conference speech 18th November 2019 Read the Prime Minister's speech from the CBI Conference here. National News
Boris Johnson: End the Brexit uncertainty so we can get on with business 17th November 2019 The Prime Minister has unveiled a package of measures designed to help business make the most of Brexit. National News
