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Labour Mayoral hopeful Sadiq Khan endorses ‘take back London’ call

March 10, 2014 - Martin Hoscik

Having briefed the media for months on his Mayoral ambitions, Labour MP Sadiq Khan has given us a glimpse of the platform he’ll run on – ‘London for Londoners’.

Filed Under: 2016 London Elections, Comment Tagged With: 2016 London Elections

The essential building blocks to reforming the Met are already in place but how should we hold past leaderships to account?

March 10, 2014 - Martin Hoscik

Unsurprisingly the latest set of revelations about the Met’s conduct and failures during its investigation of Stephen Lawrence’s murder have further damaged the force’s standing and reputation and, inevitably, the public’s trust in the force.

Filed Under: Comment Tagged With: Stop and Search

AMs should grasp the opportunity to make Boris accountable for his fire policies

March 7, 2014 - Martin Hoscik

AMs should take the opportunity to remove themselves from a situation in which they’re legally responsible for decisions they disagree with but are ordered by a political foe to take.

Filed Under: Comment Tagged With: Fire Brigade Cuts

Does TfL have Britain’s worst value mobile phone contract?

February 28, 2014 - Martin Hoscik

I have two mobile phones – a Blackberry for which I pay O2 £33 per month and get unlimited calls, texts and 1GB of 4G data – and a Sim-only deal from Three which comes with 600 minutes and truly unlimited 4G data for just £15pm. These are widely available deals sold to lowly members […]

Filed Under: Comment

Local councils paid over £4m for the Boris Bike’s expansion into South West London, how much did Barclays pay?

February 19, 2014 - Martin Hoscik

Documents reveal that Transport for London wanted £10m for the naming rights to the South West expansion of the Boris Bikes scheme, how much of this did Barclays eventually pay?

Filed Under: Comment Tagged With: Cycle Hire

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