The Metropolitan Police will consider plans to axe all local PCSOs at its Management Board meeting on the 29th September it has been revealed. The cuts could see neighbourhood policing teams reduced to just a single police officer for each ward despite having six officers (3 PCSOs, 2 PCs and a sergeant) only 3 years ago. Local Labour […]
Read moreDear Editor, Local commuters relying on the Circle, District, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines will be understandably disappointed to hear that they must wait a further five years until “faster and more frequent” services are delivered as part of the long promised tube upgrade. With rush hour tubes full to capacity, leaving commuters struggling to get to […]
Read moreLondon Assembly Member Andrew Dismore has called for Mayor of London to come clean following reports from Property Week magazine that the he is planning to fix a target of 25% for affordable homes in the capital’s key Housing Zones and opportunity areas. If introduced, the target would effectively prevent local authorities from being able to negotiate the number of affordable […]
Read moreObjection to planning application ref 2015/3605/P 112A Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3NP I object to this planning application. The cumulative over-development of the site for single hotel use will further change the fabric of a delicately balanced and mixed use area. This is a part of London under intense pressure to develop beyond all recognition of what makes […]
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