London Assembly Member Victoria Borwick is seeking assurances from Boris Johnson that the Metropolitan Police Service’s air support will not be reduced after Government ‘austerity plans’ proposed that the number of police helicopters and air bases be slashed by a third across England and Wales.
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Darren Johnson on London’s air pollution
Green Party London Assembly Member talks about London’s air pollution problem, the threat of a £300m fine and Mayor of London Boris Johnson’s proposed solution.
The 2008 action replay
As Ken Livingstone is adopted as Labour’s 2012 Mayoral candidate, Conservative Group Leader on the London Assembly Roger Evans predicts that a return to 80’s style opposition to government cuts won’t be enough to return Livingstone to City Hall. Candidates seeking a second term in office all face a common challenge – how to remind […]
Jenny Jones: Ken as I know him
As Ken Livingstone is formally adopted as Labour’s 2012 Mayoral candidate Jenny Jones, who has represented the Green Party on the London Assembly since the inaugural Greater London Authority elections in 2000, shares her views and observations on London’s first, and would-be next, Mayor. Having worked with and/or against Ken Livingstone for eight solid years […]
London TravelWatch responds to abolition proposals
Jo deBank, Communications Officer at passenger watchdog TravelWatch, expresses concern that proposals for the London Assembly to abolish the body and take over its functions could leave passengers without effective representation.
