Dear editor, This week’s budget was a huge let down. A massive giveaway for business, yet nothing for struggling services. Claps for the NHS, but no pay rise. Education? Barely a mention. Policing? Nothing. The Chancellor cannot continue to make rosy statements in in public, whilst doing so little in his budget. He failed to take action on social care, […]
Read moreDear Editor, There have been some recent media reports suggesting that motorists living outside our city could soon be charged £3.50 each time they drive into London. We need to do some myth-busting here. For the time being, there are no concrete plans for this to happen. This is just one of several ideas that TfL is exploring to plug […]
Read moreHappy 2021? After 100,000 Covid deaths with thousands more expected, we have a Conservative Government and Prime Minister who prefer ideology ahead of scientific advice, deferring taking difficult public health decisions until it’s too late. With their handbrake U turns, it’s hard to find any good news- and that’s before I mention Brexit, unravelling (not that it was ever ravelled!) […]
Read moreDear Editor, Baroness Dido Harding, who leads the Government’s struggling Test and Trace scheme, has finally acknowledged what we have known for a long time- that a significant number of people are not self-isolating with COVID-19 symptoms for financial reasons. In fact, a recent Government-funded study has revealed that, during the first lockdown, just 18% of respondents in the UK […]
Read moreDear Editor, It has been welcome to see the Government finally take action to tighten up COVID-19 security measures at our capital’s airports. However, Ministers have had ten months to act on this and their dither and delay has significantly set back our efforts to contain the virus. If the controls at our ports of entry are not strong enough, […]
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