Welcome News on Hammersmith Police Station

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Report back from Andy Slaughter, MP for Hammersmith and Chiswick

Andy Slaughter MP with Ben Coleman MP and staff at Hammersmith Hospital's Renal and Haematology unit.

October 20, 2025

Along with many residents and the Council, I was concerned after Hammersmith Police Station was included in plans for Police counter closures proposed this summer. Last week we had some great news, that after extensive lobbying from residents, the Council and from me, Hammersmith Police Station counter will remain open. The opening hours will be 10am-10pm Monday-Friday and 9am-7pm on weekends. Hammersmith and Chiswick also has the benefit of Acton Police station nearby which will also remain open. Charing Cross Police Station will be one of the two 24/7 counters remaining open.

I am very pleased that the Met have listened to public concerns and decided to keep more counters open including Hammersmith.

There was also good news from the Treasury, that Hammersmith and Fulham Council will receive £392,169 from the Government’s £84 million uplift to homelessness and rough-sleeping funding. The funding the Council is receiving will go towards rough sleeping prevention and recovery and supporting children experiencing homelessness.

It was wonderful to welcome the Chancellor to the constituency a couple of weeks ago with a visit to Sipsmith Distillery in Chiswick. Those in Hammersmith may be aware that Sipsmith was originally based in Nasmyth Street so it is great to have them back in my patch now that the constituency covers Chiswick. The visit was in celebration of the UK-India trade deal which will generate 7,000 jobs across the UK with 2,591 of those in London. It was a wonderful day meeting with co-founders Sam Galsworthy and Jared Brown to see the distillery in action.

Andy Slaughter with Rachel Reeves at the Sipsmith Distillery

The week before last, I had the opportunity to view the film ‘£12.40 an Hour for a Shower: The Story of Disabled People’s Struggle to Abolish Home Care Charging in Hammersmith & Fulham’ which celebrates ten years since Hammersmith and Fulham Council scrapped home care charges following an extensive campaign by local activist group Hammersmith and Fulham Coalition Against Cuts.

Last week, along with Ben Coleman, MP for Chelsea and Fulham, I was delighted to attend Hammersmith Hospital to visit their Renal and Haematology Triage Unit – a pilot emergency department for sickle cell sufferers in north-west London. This unit is one of seven across England that provide emergency treatment for people with sickle cell disease. The unit provides pain relief and treatment to a very serious but under-resourced disease, and it would be great to see the Unit receive NHS funding to become a permanent service within Hammersmith Hospital.

In Parliament, the Commons returned last week after conference recess with multiple statements from the government on Monday afternoon.

Last week we had a short meeting of the Justice Committee on Tuesday so that members could attend the Westminster Hall debate on the Independent Review of the Criminal Courts. As Chair of the Justice Select Committee, I made a speech about the proposals within the Review and how these measures seek to reduce the Crown Court backlog, but must be weighed against concerns from the profession that this could curtail defendant’s right to trial by jury.  

In more Justice news, the Committee will be publishing its report on the County Court this week. This has been ongoing piece of work by the Committee informed by visits to country courts across England and Wales, as well as many evidence sessions from those working within our justice system. The report will be published on the Justice Committee website for those interested in reading it.  

Best wishes,

Andy

andy@andyslaughter.com

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