Mayors and would-be Mayors love talking about the Freedom Pass and you can see why – it’s a popular benefit of living in the capital with an appreciative user base of older and disabled Londoners who might be persuaded to vote for the Mayoral candidate who makes the most noise about ‘defending’ and extending the scheme.
Martin Hoscik
Ken at the MPA
It’s clear there’s a real point of disagreement between the two sides but Livingstone’s wider campaign against ‘Tory police cuts’ certainly wasn’t harmed by comments Met Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson made later in the meeting.
Mayoral term limits – they’re just wrong
There are issues of scrutiny and accountability within City Hall to be addressed but London’s elections aren’t broken and they don’t need fixing.
MQTs: Tory scrutiny and the future of Mr Ray Lewis
The last Mayor’s Question time before September was a pretty cross event with Assembly Members in an unforgiving mood. Within days of the next Mayor’s Question Time we should know who the Labour Mayoral candidate taking on Boris will be.
Thoughts on Labour’s second Mayoral hustings
Labour have held the second of their official Mayoral selection hustings with Mayoral hopefuls giving answers on the issues of congestion and London’s environment which merit further discussion.
