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19 November 2008 by sianberry
The Mayor’s decision to abandon the redevelopment of Parliament Square came under criticism from the London Assembly today. Assembly Members agreed a motion expressing serious concern about thedecision and called on the Mayor to reconsider. The redevelopment of Parliament Square would have improved pedestrian safety and access to Parliament Square. The motion also called […]
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18 November 2008 by sianberry
Tomorrow Jenny Jones will call on the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games to make public a recent review into the possible cost savings of moving the basketball, equestrian, and shooting Olympic events from temporary to existing permanent venues. The review, carried out by KPMG, only covered three out of eight temporary venues. "Given […]
Members of the London Assembly’s Transport Committee today visited Portsmouth to assess how effectively the 20mph limit introduced on all residential streets is improving road safety in the seaside city. Today’s site visit gave Members the chance to gather evidence from Portsmouth City Council for the Transport Committee’s investigation into 20mph zones in London. To […]
12 November 2008 by sianberry
Despite a massive increase in the number of Londoners unable to afford to adequately heat their homes this winter, the Mayor is failing to publicise the assistance available to help residents insulate their houses, according to London Assembly member Darren Johnson. New figures indicate that more than one in five households in London will […]
The London Assembly has called on Boris Johnson to urge all boroughs to support the Fairtrade campaign. Members agreed1 a motion congratulating the 20 London boroughs that have already achieved Fairtrade Borough status and welcomed the capital’s achievement of Fairtrade City status. However, the Assembly called on the Mayor to encourage the remaining 13 London […]
10 November 2008 by sianberry
Jenny Jones will question London’s Mayor on Wednesday about the case for providing more airport capacity in and around London, in the light of new figures showing that a significant proportion of passengers at Heathrow only use the airport to transfer between international flights, with little or no economic benefit to the UK. Analysis of […]
The Green Party is launching its campaign for the 2009 European elections on Monday 10th November with a series of pledges to create thousands of new green-collar jobs in new green industries. The UK has more than 40% of Europe’s wind resources and, off our shores, marine energy from waves and tides could generate up […]
Jenny Jones will be seeking answers from London’s Mayor on the details of the pay off agreement with Sir Ian Blair, and whether it represents good value for money for Londoners. It has been reported that the outgoing commissioner will receive the remaining value of his contract in a £295,000 lump sum, on top of […]
7 November 2008 by sianberry
New recycling figures released yesterday have revealed that recycling in London is slowly improving, but we’re still lagging way behind other English regions. In London households recycle 26 per cent of their waste, compared to 42 per cent in the East Midlands and 41 per cent in the East of England. The average regional recycling […]
Darren Johnson will use next weeks Mayor’s Question Time to interrogate the Mayor as to why his new transport plan includes above inflation increases in the average fare for each journey, despite the cancellation of a number of important public transport schemes. At the same time as cancelling six major public transport schemes and […]