City Hall today announced the appointments to the board of the new London Legacy Development Corporation. The terms of the appointments span a significant part of the next Mayoralty with five appointees expected to serve until 31 March 2015. These include Sir Edward Lister, currently a Mayoral appointee at City Hall and whose job would […]
Brian Paddick can’t tell Londoners how much his policies would cost
Remember a few months ago when I suggested the Greens or UKIP could beat the Liberal Democrats to third pace in the Mayoral race? Two interviews this week with LibDem candidate Brian Paddick are making that prediction look a lot less fanciful than many suggested. Across the week, BBC London’s crime, transport and politics gurus […]
London must keep more of its own money
A few days ago I set out additional powers and responsibilities which Londoners are entitled to have devolved to City Hall. Subsequent statements by both Boris Johnson and Ken Livingstone show that serious front line politicians see merit in giving the Mayoralty more power over education standards and health. A shame then that the Evening […]
Cycle Hire funding: TfL says “nothing” yet received from Westfield
MayorWatch reader Lawrence Weetman has forwarded me Transport for London’s response to an FOI request he made about the cycle hire scheme’s funding. The response, dated March 23rd, contains what seems to be a significant new piece of information, namely that “nothing has been received to date” from Westfield for the scheme’s expansion to its […]
Our next Mayor must seize the opportunity to fix London’s housing
As the Mayoral election race gathers pace, some big changes are afoot in the housing department in City Hall that could have big implications for Londoners in the coming four years. Stories about London’s housing often refer to it being in crisis: the average London house price is over £420,000, the average monthly rent for […]
