Dear editor, I find it incredible that my Conservative opponent in the forthcoming London Assembly elections still claims he hasn’t made up his mind about the EU referendum, unlike the Conservative candidate for Mayor, who is a confessed ‘Brexiter’. What is even more incredible, is that the Conservative Assembly candidate has said the issue of Europe has nothing to do […]
Read moreIain Duncan Smith’s resignation lays bare the attitude of the Conservative Party towards the least well off in our society- those with disabilities. However, he did not vote against the huge cuts to Employment and Support Allowance, which went through the Commons in the week before the budget, nor did the Conservative MPs in Barnet who voted for these cuts, […]
Read moreDear editor, I find it incredible that my Conservative opponent in the forthcoming London Assembly elections says he hasn’t made up his mind about the EU referendum. What is even more incredible, is that he seems to think the issue of Europe has nothing to do with the London Assembly, even though the GLA is the strategic body responsible for […]
Read moreWater cannon Question No: 2015/2842 Andrew Dismore As the Home Secretary has now refused you permission to use them in London, what do you now intend to do with them? Written response from the Mayor Please see my response to MQ 2015/4316. Mayors‘ Statement Against Antisemitism Question No: 2015/3809 Andrew Dismore Have you signed the Mayors’ Statement Against […]
Read moreEvening Standard Vulnerable children were held overnight in police cells an alarming 100 times every week last year, figures showed today. Scotland Yard recorded more than 3,000 cases of under-18s behind bars for at least four hours between midnight and 8am over a six-month period. The detentions occurred even though the law states children should be transferred to local authority […]
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