London’s Guildhall served as the backdrop for an interesting debate between two would-be and one stand-in Deputy Mayors on Wednesday. The debate was organised by Central London Forward, a body representing the seven central London local authorities: Camden, City of London, Islington, Kensington and Chelsea, Lambeth, Southwark and Westminster. Val Shawcross and Caroline Pidgeon, running […]
2012 London Election
News and coverage of the 2012 elections for Mayor of London and the London Assembly (The Greater London Authority).
WIth their insults and jibes, Boris and Ken are letting Londoners down
Ken’s tax arrangements, Boris’s salary, trotskyists, chickenfeed and now ‘part time Tories’ – this year’s Mayoral election is turning into a depressing exchange of personal jibes and insults. Try not to laugh too loudly, but I was hoping an election contest between an incumbent Mayor and his immediate predecessor would provide Londoners with a choice […]
Boris announces 9 point plan for London
Boris Johnson has announced a 9-point plan for a second term at City Hall. On Saturday the Mayor told supporters that defeat in May’s election would “put at risk” policies and initiatives he had introduced since 2008. In an email from his campaign, Johnson said: “I feel like a man who has built half a […]
London’s business community launches Mayoral manifesto
Business lobbyists London First have issued a list of policies they hope Mayoral candidates will adopt in their manifestos. Under the message that “running London is no joke”, the policies include “six common sense priorities” London First says are needed if London is to remain a world-leading city: • Keep us connected – Increase London’s airport […]
Boris accused of ‘propaganda on the rates’
A leaflet detailing City Hall’s spending and share of the council tax could be the subject of an official complaint by opposition parties on the London Assembly. Every local authority must send homes information detailing their budgeted use of the council tax at start of each tax year. The Greater London Authority provides an insert […]
