Last month TfL released to me figures showing that the monthly average spend on track maintenance and replacement during Boris Johnson’s last two years at City Hall was £17.1m, versus an actual and projected £11.1m average in the first 2 years of current Mayor Sadiq Khan.
Mayor and businesses endorse calls for greater London fiscal autonomy
London’s local and regional governments are currently reliant on central government in Westminster for the majority of their funding and lack many of the powers needed to push through large projects necessary to deliver the infrastructure needed to support the city’s booming population.
To retake City Hall, the Conservatives must learn from Sadiq and Ken
We should learn from Labour who benefitted from this in 2012 when Ken Livingstone seeking to return to the Mayoralty after being defeated by Boris in 2008, was re-selected officially in late 2010.
Sadiq Khan accused of dropping 32,000 Met cops pledge
The 32,000 was originally set by former mayor Boris Johnson in order to prevent the Met’s leadership from meeting budget cuts by halting recruitment and allowing the frontline to thin.
“Prohibitive” cost means Oyster won’t be coming to London’s bike hire scheme
In 2014 Assembly Members were told by Isabel Dedring, transport deputy to Boris Johnson, that extending Oyster to the Santander Cycles scheme could boost usage by up to 25%.
