Yesterday’s strike by London bus drivers inevitably brought calls for the Mayor to intervene and help find a compromise between bus operators who want to maximise their profits and workers who want to earn a bit more.
A miserable New Year for London Bridge commuters
Last week saw scenes of mayhem at London Bridge as spiralling delays resulted in confusion and dangerous overcrowding. This should have been a wakeup call for rail bosses, but yesterday morning I was one of hundreds of commuters caught up in the continuing chaos.
London New Year’s Eve fireworks to be ticketed in 2015 and 2016
The decision to make London’s annual New Year’s Eve firework display a ticketed event proved controversial in some quarters but City Hall documents show the new arrangements are here to stay.
Greenhalgh or Lister – which of Boris’s deputies should run for Mayor?
Speculation about who might replace Boris as Mayor has largely focused on Labour’s candidate but in recent weeks there’s been signs of that the Tories also might bother to field a runner.
Tessa Jowell signals she’s ready to take the tough decisions of City leadership
The speech lacked clear policy commitments but did give us some valuable insights into what her approach to running London might look like.
