Why Thames Estuary airport opponents want Boris Johnson to drop ‘pie in the sky’ plan

After a week in which Mayor of London Boris Johnson has faced calls to ‘clarify’ his backing of the scheme, Cllr Rodney Chambers, Leader of Medway Council, sets out the case against building a new airport in the Thames Estuary.

From 2012 we should cut fares not protect polluters

Ken Livingstone says if he were re-elected as mayor in 2012 “I would take immediate steps to reduce the fares burden on Londoners.”

Thames Water fund to help hard-up customers

Citizens Advice (CAB) says its South East bureaux have seen a 36 per cent rise in enquiries about water and sewerage debt problems between April and June this year compared to the same period last year.

Thames Water on the tap-v-bottled debate

The capital’s water supplier writes about promoting the quality of their product, the right to choose between bottled and tap when out for a meal or drink and replacing pipes to reduce leakage.

The crisis is far from over – debating alternatives

This week’s Progressive London conference is an opportunity to assess the scale of the global economic crisis and to discuss alternative economic policies to meet the challenges it poses.

Mayor’s Budget – a good start, with more to come

In our final article in the Mayor’s budget series, London Assembly Conservative Group Leader Roger Evans discusses why Boris Johnson’s first budget is good for London and praises a new wave of GLA engagement with outer London.

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