The budget, which covers spending by Transport for London, the London Legacy Development Corporation, the Metropolitan Police and the London Fire Brigade, includes a further reduction in City Hall’s share of the council tax.
Lib Dems criticise leniency towards motorists who invade cycle-only lanes
Transport for London and local councils are investing hundreds of millions of pounds in a series of new segregated cycle routes and cycle-only lanes as part of Boris Johnson’s plans to boost the number of cyclists.
Boris is “minded” to overrule fire authority and axe 13 fire engines
Mayor Boris Johnson looks set to overrule the capital’s fire authority and order the axing of 13 currently mothballed fire engines to balance the London Fire Brigade’s budget.
Labour claim Met is under-policing communities to “plug gaps”
Labour has claimed that newly obtained figures show that London’s communities are receiving lower than expected levels of policing to allow the Met to police large-scale protests and other events in the capital.
Assembly Tories call on small developers to be guaranteed access to public land
City Hall and other public bodies in the capital have been urged to devote at least 10 per cent of their developable land to small and self-builders to help speed up the delivery of new homes.
