AMs question officials on police and fire service budgets

The London Assembly’s Budget Monitoring Sub-Committee will question key police and fire service officials about the Olympic policing budget, the allocation of resources for tackling rape and investments in Icelandic banks when it meets at City Hall tomorrow.

Assembly approves Boris’s first budget

As widely expected, the London Assembly today voted to accept Boris Johnson’s first Greater London Authority Budget. Under GLA rules the budget passes unless opposition Assembly Members can muster a two thirds majority of the 25-strong Assembly against it, a mathematical impossibility given the presence of 11 Conservative AMs.

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.

Mayor’s budget – transport fares up by 6%

In the third of our Mayor’s budget articles Labour’s John Biggs attacks Boris Johnson’s “do nothing budget” and says recent fare increases will cancel out the Mayor’s freezing of the GLA precept.

Mayor’s budget – not facing up to real challenges facing London

The Liberal Democrats have strongly advocated that there needs to be far greater employment advice and counselling advice for people who are in debt. If the Mayor can’t stop people becoming unemployed, he should at least ensure there is more help available for people looking for new jobs and seeking to control their debts.

Mayor’s budget – mean not green

With the economy in trouble it is natural to expect the Greater London Authority to tighten its belt and limit spending. What London does not expect is a budget with no provision to safeguard the capital from the global recession. Savings need to be made, but not to health, housing, equalities, the environment and social inclusion.

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