The recent fire at Hereward House School in Strathray Gardens again brings home just how dangerous Mayor Boris Johnson’s proposed cuts to the fire brigade are. The fire engine from Belsize Fire Station was at the scene in less than two minutes, and immediately got to work. The next to arrive was from West Hampstead, which took 8 minutes to […]
Read moreDear Editor, As a member of the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority, with my Labour colleagues and supported by Lib Dem and Green Authority members who backed Labour’s motion, I voted against the draconian fire service cuts that Mayor Boris Johnson intends for the fire brigade. We see these are risking the lives and property of Londoners, and despite […]
Read moreDear Editor, As you reported last week, London Mayor Johnson is trumpeting an increase in police numbers, but in fact there is actually a cut over the life of this Coalition Government. The Mayor has chosen the arbitrary date of 2011, when the Met was at a very low number in the middle of a long recruitment freeze under his […]
Read moreDear Editor, This week saw the 60th anniversary of the Great Smog that struck London in 1952, shortly after the Clean Air Act was passed which led to large improvements in air quality in London. The Great Smog killed over 4,000 in less than a week. Whilst we don’t suffer from ‘Pea-soupers’ that blot out the sky, we do still […]
Read moreDear Editor, This week saw the 60th anniversary of the Great Smog that struck London in 1952, shortly after the Clean Air Act was passed which led to large improvements in air quality in London. The Great Smog killed over 4,000 in less than a week. Whilst we don’t suffer from ‘Pea-soupers’ that blot out the sky, we do still […]
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