Boris Johnson has launched a new fund to help businesses across England recover from the early August riots. The Mayor has partnered with leading firms to create the High Street Fund, a charitable body which will make grants to those businesses affected by robbery and fire damage.
Podcasts
Interviews, speeches and announcements from across London life. Also available at Audioboo.fm and iTunes.
Visit London pensions: ‘Mayor failed to secure promotional funding’
Boris Johnson secured no Government funding for promoting the capital despite promising to mount a “Stalingrad-like” defence of his budgets according to evidence heard by the London Assembly this morning.
Audio: Interview with Jenny Jones, Green Party 2012 Mayoral candidate
Green Party London Assembly and 2012 Mayor of London candidate talks about taking on Ken & Boris in next year’s elections, cycle safety, air quality, making way for a new generation of Green politicians and what the future may hold for her after City Hall.
Audio: Interview with London Assembly Chair Jennette Arnold
Mayor of London Boris Johnson appeared before the London Assembly on May 18th for the first of the final run of Mayor’s Question Sessions before next year’s elections Greater London Authority elections. After the meeting I spoke to Assembly Chair and Labour Assembly Member Jennette Arnold about the Assembly’s role in scrutinising the Mayor, it’s public and media profile and it’s wider work in investigating issues of concern to Londoners.
Audio: Ken Livingstone on fares, campaigning and GLA funding
We spoke to Ken Livingstone, Labour’s Mayoral candidate in the 2012 Greater London Authority elections, during a campaign visit to Croydon about his record on fare increases, Government funding for London and his timetable for announcing new policies. Listen! SUBSCRIBE TO MAYORWATCH PODCASTS IN iTUNES
