Notting Hill Carnival hits the headlines every year, but sadly, the focus is often around crime. Are the police and other organisations justified in their criticisms of safety at Carnival?
It’s time for London’s Tories to scrap their assault on free travel for the partners of transport workers
Conservatives on the London Assembly don’t like the “perk” – even some of those who’ve previously taken up the free travel card available to Assembly Members have argued that a benefit enjoyed by the partners and spouses of staff working less sociable hours than them should be axed.
Sadiq Khan’s first 100 days – how many of the new Mayor’s announcements were really his own work?
Internal briefing documents show that many of ‘his’ announcements had been sitting on TfL and City Hall’s computers waiting for the election result to come in.
A double-decker investigation on buses
The safety of buses has deteriorated in the last year. There were 4,297 injuries between April and December 2015, compared with 4,196 over the same period the year before (an increase of 2.5 per cent). However, the number of casualties being taken to hospital decreased by 4.2 per cent over the same period, suggesting that the increase was driven by a rise in minor injuries.
Scrutinising the Mayor’s budget to ensure best value for Londoners
While our annual cycle of scrutiny actually begins in July, when the Mayor publishes his budget guidance for the GLA Group, our work really ramps up in the late autumn, when we start looking at the Mayor’s budget proposals for the next year.
