Despite improvements over the past three years, a new London Assembly report says City Hall and its agencies are still failing to provide Londoners with enough information to properly understand how public money is spent and key decisions are made.
City Hall Tories urge greater use of pop-up homes
Mayor Boris Johnson is being urged to work with boroughs to roll-out ‘pop-up homes’ across the capital after research suggested they could cut rents by up to a third.
Sobriety tags trial to be extended across London
Courts in Croydon, Lambeth, Southwark and Sutton have been able to require offenders whose crimes are connected with alcohol to abstain from further drinking to stop re-offending.
Crossrail to be renamed in honour of The Queen
The change of name, which was first proposed by Mayor Boris Johnson in 2013, was confirmed during a visit by Her Majesty to the under-construction Bond Street station.
Liberal Democrats unveil plan to ban HGVs from central London
Official Transport for London figures show that lorries are disproportionately involved in fatal collisions with other road users and last year were involved in seven of the nine cyclist fatalities which occurred on London’s roads.
