Mayor of London Boris Johnson must provide a “public apology” for his comments made about local residents who oppose free schools in their area, says the London Assembly. The Mayor branded residents “nimbys” who “dislike school children” at Mayor’s Question Time in June because of opposition to the proposed Avanti free school in their area. The London Assembly yesterday […]
Read moreIntroduction I have slightly changed the order of this report compared to previous ones, as the main focus of the last few weeks has been more on campaigns than on City Hall, though there is the usual detail below about my City Hall scrutiny role. In the campaigns section, I set out some of the recent “highlights” though other campaigns […]
Read moreLabour London Assembly Member Andrew Dismore has today written to the Chairman of the US Foreign Affairs Committee, the U.S. Department of Commerce, and the EU Trade Commissioner about the Mayor’s discriminatory Emirates Airline Cable Car contract. Mr Dismore says the illegal clause within the cable car contract between Transport for London and Emirates Airline has put any company that […]
Read moreA High Court judge today found Conservative Barnet Council to have broken the law in increasing parking charges to increase general revenue. In April 2011 the Conservative administration running Barnet Council increased the cost of CPZ permits from £40 to £100 and the price of a one hour visitor permit from £1 to £4 per day. The then Labour GLA […]
Read moreAndrew Dismore, London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden, is joining forces with leading businesswoman Deborah Meaden and international animal welfare charity the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) to tackle wildlife crime in London. WSPA and Deborah Meaden this week urged the Greater London Assembly to make resourcing wildlife crime enforcement a priority in the upcoming Mayoral […]
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