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Tim Parker! Ray Lewis! Janet Worth!

September 25, 2008 by Damian Hockney · 7 Comments 

Damian Hockney believes that the departure last night of the City Hall Director of Corporate Services is worth the media exclamation mark even if it does not get one…he thinks it will have more of an impact on how the Mayor delivers than the recent sausage machine of high profile advisers like Ray Lewis and Tim Parker entering and leaving the building. He says that ’small government’ must mean efficient government – and that the Mayor needs to get a grip on the running of City Hall, and not leave it to unelected senior advisers.

Boris sets out vision of ‘better value’ City Hall

September 11, 2008 by Staff · Leave a Comment 

Labour Assembly Members have accused Boris Johnson of using cutbacks to “re-launch” his “failed mayoralty”. The comments from Labour’s John Biggs follow a robust exchange between the pair at Wednesday’s Mayor’s Question Time over Johnson’s plans to “ensure the GLA is more coherent, focused and will deliver better value for hard-pressed London taxpayers.”

Wheatcroft Panel Proposal To Slash Hundreds of Millions From Economic Regeneration

July 24, 2008 by Ken Livingstone · Leave a Comment 

The main purpose of this article is to consider the extremely damaging consequences for London that would follow from the implementation of Patience Wheatcroft’s proposals for the London Development Agency.

One Mayor’s Waste is another Mayor’s Investment

July 17, 2008 by Damian Hockney · Leave a Comment 

Damian Hockney’s boasts that as London Assembly Member his One London Party group voted against Ken Livingstone’s measures more than any other group so why is he so supportive of the former Mayor over the Forensic Audit Panel report?

Parties Clash Over LDA Report

July 16, 2008 by Staff · Leave a Comment 

After weeks of speculation and anticipation the ‘Forensic Audit Panel’ set up by Mayor of London Boris Johnson to investigate ‘financial irregularities’ at the London Development Agency published its report today and immediately faced claims that it had f

Livingstone Snubs LDA ‘Forensic Panel’

July 14, 2008 by Staff · Leave a Comment 

Ken Livingstone has confirmed he will not be cooperating with Boris Johnson’s ‘Forensic Audit Panel’ which he set up in May to investigate allegations against the London Development Agency.

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