Following in the footsteps of Ken Livingstone and Oona King, Boris Johnson is hoping to capitalise on the success and popularity of the Freedom Pass with a promise that it’s safe under his Mayoralty. In comments to the London Assembly, and repeated on his 2012 campaign website, the Mayor says “The Freedom Pass is 100% […]
GLA Budget 2011: Failing to plan for the future – Liberal Democrat response
Boris Johnson’s third London budget fails to grasp the opportunities offered by the coalition’s localism agenda and continues to rely on financial reserves to defer difficult, but necessary, decisions writes Mike Tuffrey AM, Liberal Democrat London Assembly Budget Spokesperson. Three years into his mayoralty, this is Boris Johnson’s first budget since the change of government. […]
GLA Budget 2011: Cutting Administration, Protecting the Front Line – The Conservative Budget 2011/12
Roger Evans, Leader of the City Hall Conservative group, welcomes Boris Johnson’s 2011/12 budget but calls on Assembly groups and the Mayor to make further savings.
GLA Budget 2011: The Mayor should be helping local communities and protecting their services – Darren Johnson
As the London Assembly votes to approve the Mayor’s draft 2011/12 budget, Green Party Assembly Member Darren Johnson sets out the aims of an amended budget proposed by his party.
Why the Greens should choose Jenny Jones for Mayor
Next year two of the highest profile politicians in the UK will compete for the post of Mayor of London. Many people know a great deal about Boris Johnson and Ken Livingstone, each are loved and loathed in equal measure and both have the proven ability to argue convincingly that black is white and up […]
