Murad Qureshi, Labour’s environment spokesman on the London Assembly, accuses Mayor of London Boris Johnson of “delay and inaction” in tackling London’s poor air quality after the Mayor announced phase three of the Low Emission Zone won’t come into effect until January 2012
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Red tape is a barrier to solving UK’s finances
Cllr Harry Phibbs, Cabinet Member for Community Engagement at Hammersmith and Fulham Council, discusses how scrapping ‘red tape’ could cut costs for local authorities, simplify local service delivery and help cut public service spending. I am a councillor in Hammersmith and Fulham where our council officers are decent, intelligent men and women who wish to […]
The Thames Tunnel – Thames Water’s view
Thames Water’s director of external affairs and sustainability Richard Aylard sets out the company’s stance on plans for the Tideway Tunnel – a £3.6 billion scheme which it says will “significantly reduce” the amount of sewage overflowing into the river and opponents warn could drive low-income Londoners into “water poverty”. It has been suggested that […]
My view: the super-sewer
Hammersmith & Fulham Council Leader Stephen Greenhalgh sets out the case against Thames Water’s plans for the Tideway Tunnel – a £3.6 billion scheme which the company says will “significantly reduce” the amount of sewage overflowing into the river and opponents warn could drive low-income Londoners into “water poverty”.
Oona King’s Culture Policy – Now Wash Your Hands
Oona King’s culture policy is not exactly a heavyweight document – littered with management-speak such as “hygiene factors” (no more comprehensible to ordinary Londoners than the Latin phrases with which Boris Johnson likes to pepper his speeches and documents), it chooses to concentrate on re-inventing the wheel rather than coming up with genuine innovation. She […]
