MQT – 20 February 2017 This is my ninth Mayor’s Report to the Assembly, fulfilling my duty under Section 45 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999. It covers the period from 5 January – 6 February 2017. Executive Summary Low Emission Bus Zones On 6 January, I announced plans for 10 more Low Emission Bus Zones, deploying the greenest […]
Read moreAt today’s Mayor’s Question Time, Labour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore AM asked the Mayor if he agreed that local politicians who are partners in landlord businesses should be especially careful to comply with housing law. (Video here) Mr Dismore referred to the example of two Barnet Council Conservative recent Mayors. He said: […]
Read moreAt today’s Mayor’s Question Time, Labour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore AM asked the Mayor about Westminster Council’s plans to deport homeless people to the midlands. (video here) Mr Dismore asked the Mayor: ‘You will of course remember the infamous 1980’s Westminster ‘Homes for Votes’ scandal, described by the courts as the ‘greatest act […]
Read moreAt the December Plenary, I questioned the Deputy Mayor for Housing over landbanking, in the process exposing the slow pace of building Millbrook Park in Mill Hill. The Mayor has published a draft new guide on estate regeneration, which if it had been in force at the time of some of Conservative Barnet’s worst excesses, might well have prevented them. […]
Read morePlease see answers from Deputy Mayor for Housing James Murray to my written questions at the Housing Plenary meeting (Written housing answers)
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