Lots of excitement among Labour quarters after Labour Ed Miliband announcement that the next Labour candidate for Mayor of London will be selected via a Primary – a vote in which registered party members and non-members who register as supporters will be able to cast a vote. Primaries are the ‘in thing’ and they might […]
Stop & Search – the Met’s new website seems a little off-message
Lots of welcoming this week for Home Secretary Theresa May’s decision to review the police’s use of Stop and Search powers. May rightly says that the power to see what people are up to is “a vital police tool” but, echoing words of the London Assembly and now-defunct Metropolitan Police Authority and London Assembly, warns […]
London & Partners’ response to transparency calls
Last month I looked at how, despite being its biggest funders, Londoners aren’t permitted to know how the capital’s official promotions agency, London & Partners, spends their money. Ahead of publishing I asked L&P for a comment but in the absence of a response the article went live without. A second email, sent last Friday, […]
Mayor of London urged to defer decision on Earls Court Exhibition Centres demolition plans
Darren Johnson AM, Nicky Gavron AM and Stephen Knight AM today in a joint cross party letter have urged Mayor of London Boris Johnson to defer his decision on the Earls Court and West Kensington Opportunity Area which includes the Earls Court Exhibition Centres. The Mayor is due to decide the joint planning application from […]
Just to jog Boris’s memory
If you missed the debut of Ask Boris on LBC this morning, Boris told listeners that no-one has raised the issues of Policing deputy’s Stephen Greenhalgh’s less than impressive performance before Assembly Members with him. Just to help refresh his memory, here it is being raised with him almost a year ago, on 4th July […]
