In the final days of November, Boris Johnson signed off on a decision to increase penalty fares on Transport for London services. The penalty for not having a valid ticket is to rise to £80, up from £50. The penalty will be reduced to £40 if paid within 21 days. In setting the new rate, […]
London exceeds European pollution limits even with loop hole
Air pollution is easy to understand. It is bad for you, causes long term and short term health problems and it accounts for an estimated 4,000 premature deaths a year in London alone. Unfortunately, the European rules which govern how nations tackle air pollution, are complicated and hard to understand. For example, it is hard […]
Lord Adonis would “love to be Mayor” but isn’t running…
One of the panelists at this week’s London Policy Conference was Lord Adonis, Labour Peer and former Education minister and Transport secretary. During a discussion on whether London’s Government had what it needed to deliver for Londoners, Adonis, who thinks we have all the devolved powers we need, said he would “love to be Mayor’. […]
Video: The role of sponsorship in delivering London’s transport
Boris Johnson has initiated or delivered three major transport projects since coming to office in 2008 – the cycle hire scheme, the new bus for London and his cable car. Of these, two have been accompanied by very loud sponsorship deals which aren’t to everyone’s tastes. The deal for the cycle hire was so wide […]
City Hall should stand up for mental health sufferers, not add to the stigma
Today’s Evening Standard quotes Boris aide Daniel Moylan describing Ken Livingstone as “schizophrenic”. Given his own use of offensive terms to attack opponents, Livingstone has little scope to complain but this isn’t the first time Team Boris have attacked opponents on the grounds of mental health. At June’s Mayor’s Question Time, Boris himself branded London […]
