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Best Value or Best Mates? The £18,000 Question at Cowley Meeting Hall and Theo’s Cafe

by Editorial Team | Mar 6, 2026 | News

Over the last year, Hillingdon Council has repeatedly emphasised that it must achieve “best value” when managing or selling public assets. Residents recently saw this argument used during the sale of the former Uxbridge Library building. The Council rejected a higher...

Minister signals “significant concerns” as Government launches review of Hillingdon’s finances

by Editorial Team | Feb 26, 2026 | News

Hillingdon Council is receiving a double-injection of government intervention to stave off bankruptcy: a large boost in “Fairer Funding”, plus a £150m emergency borrowing bailout, the fourth largest in the whole country and the second largest in London....

Government IS granting Hillingdon Council the £150m EFS bailout – avoiding bankruptcy

by Editorial Team | Feb 23, 2026 | News

We have written much about our Council’s perilous financial position.  Thankfully the government have agreed in-principle this afternoon to grant Exceptional Financial Support to 35 councils, including Hillingdon.  This means...

Market research company collecting residents’ personal details and views in Hillingdon has been breached by Russian hijack

by Editorial Team | Feb 9, 2026 | News

Residents’ personal details may be at risk from compromised IT systems at a market research business working in our area In posts to multiple Facebook community groups, with memberships totalling more than 50,000 users, a market research focus group recruiter...
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About HARA

Hillingdon Alliance of Residents’ Associations (HARA) is the borough-wide group which brings together all of Hillingdon’s residents’ associations.

Recent updates

  • Fewer Eyes on the Money: Why Residents Should Challenge Hillingdon’s New Scrutiny System
  • After Cowley Meeting Hall: Hillingdon Rewrites the Rulebook to Move Debt Out of Sight
  • Theo’s Café Update: A Missed Deadline, an ICO Investigation, and a Police Report
  • The Theo’s Café Contradiction: What Cabinet approved and what was signed – and why it matters
  • Hillingdon Decides 2026: How the event was organised, run and funded
  • Hillingdon Decides: 2026 Local Elections – where the Parties Stand on Hillingdon’s future
  • Hillingdon Decides: The 2026 Leadership Hustings for the Local Elections
  • Best Value or Best Mates? The £18,000 Question at Cowley Meeting Hall and Theo’s Cafe
  • Minister signals “significant concerns” as Government launches review of Hillingdon’s finances
  • Government IS granting Hillingdon Council the £150m EFS bailout – avoiding bankruptcy
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