Dear Editor, With our changing economic landscape and the many challenges presented by Brexit, it is vital that all Londoners are equipped with the training and skills needed for the jobs of tomorrow. Businesses of all sizes in our capital also need to be able to access talent locally, as well as further afield. However, due to deep and sustained […]
Read moreLetter for Publication HS2’s draft Prolonged Disturbance Compensation Scheme Treating Camden’s Residents with Contempt How does HS2 Ltd respond to a strong recommendation by a Select Committee that 1,300 households in Camden who are to be subjected to 17 years of inconvenience and disruption by HS2 works (unprecedented both in intensity and duration) should receive a package […]
Read moreDear Editor, Calls for Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) services to be devolved to TfL have never been stronger, or more urgent. Commuters in Barnet and Camden are quite rightly at the end of their tether with the continued delays and cancellations to train services at the hands of Govia and their catastrophic handling of recent timetable changes. Last week, it […]
Read moreDear editor, Coincidentally, the week after the so-called ‘Chequers agreement’ on Brexit, the London Assembly Economy Committee held an evidence hearing, with both Remainer and Brexit supporting experts, on Brexit and its impact on London. It may come as a surprise, but all the experts from whichever side of the debate agreed that: 1) the Chequers agreement is not the […]
Read moreYet again, Jessica Learmond -Criqui suggests the Mayor should hold a referendum on increasing the police precept. And yet again, she refuses to say what level of increase she thinks should be balloted. In my last letter, I explained that to go back to the fully funded Met. we had with the last Labour Government would need a police precept […]
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