March monthly update – Written questions
I tabled a full range of written questions. Please also see written questions and answers for March. If you have suggestions for questions that you would like me to ask the Mayor, please email me.
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March monthly update – Other matters
I was very surprised to see that the Conservatives are planning a stealth mansion tax through probate fees: – I have also been probing what is a growing scandal over the Olympic Park Orbit sculpture, now to be turned into a slide! See also my letter to the LLDC Chief Executive, following up the Plenary session. I was pleased to […]
Read moreMarch monthly update – Europe
With the forthcoming referendum, the debate over UK membership of the European Union is assuming greater prominence , and is highly relevant to London and to our work at City Hall. In 1975, as a young student, I voted for UK withdrawal from the EU. But times have moved on, and the world is a very different place now. I […]
Read moreMarch monthly update – Education
The City Hall Education Panel on which I sit looked at the challenges facing Further Education colleges. I am concerned that the Mayor’s failing apprenticeship programme is entrenching London’s gender divide. I visited the SOAS students union, to support their campaign for justice for the university’s cleaners. I spoke out over antisemitism on campus. I visited the North […]
Read moreMarch monthly update – Fire service
I have continued to battle with the Mayor over his intention to overrule the Fire Authority and to impose unnecessary cuts of 13 fire engines. The Mayor admitted he did not know of extent of fire station closures- but orders cuts anyway. Boris Johnson thinks having 9 fire stations off the run is a “pointless statistic”. The public are also […]
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