Category Archives: Press Releases

London Assembly demands apology from Mayor over Avanti free school

  Mayor of London Boris Johnson must provide a “public apology” for his comments made about local residents who oppose free schools in their area, says the London Assembly. The Mayor branded residents “nimbys” who “dislike school children” at Mayor’s Question Time in June because of opposition to the  proposed Avanti  free school in their area. The London Assembly yesterday […]

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Boris Johnson’s anti-Israel Emirates contract now referred to US and EU enforcement authorities

Labour London Assembly Member Andrew Dismore has today written to the Chairman of the US Foreign Affairs Committee, the U.S. Department of Commerce, and the EU Trade Commissioner about the Mayor’s discriminatory Emirates Airline Cable Car contract. Mr Dismore says the illegal clause within the cable car contract between Transport for London and Emirates Airline has put any company that […]

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“Judge rules that Conservative Barnet Council broke the law on excessive parking charges”

A High Court judge today found Conservative Barnet Council to have broken the law in increasing parking charges to increase general revenue. In April 2011 the Conservative administration running Barnet Council increased the cost of CPZ permits from £40 to £100 and the price of a one hour visitor permit from £1 to £4 per day. The then Labour GLA […]

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Deborah Meaden and Labour Assembly Member Andrew Dismore support campaign to tackle wildlife crime

Andrew Dismore, London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden, is joining forces with leading businesswoman Deborah Meaden and international animal welfare charity the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) to tackle wildlife crime in London. WSPA and Deborah Meaden this week urged the Greater London Assembly to make resourcing wildlife crime enforcement a priority in the upcoming Mayoral […]

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“Mayor must apologise for Emirates contract and ensure renegotiation is not discriminatory”

Boris Johnson has been forced to ask Transport for London to renegotiate its contract for the Emirates Cable Car after it was revealed it was in breach of domestic UK and European laws. Labour London Assembly Member Andrew Dismore is now demanding an apology from the Mayor for allowing this contract to dictate foreign policy as well as assurances that […]

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