Dear editor, Letter for publication: the Budget Last week’s Budget did nothing to help Londoners deal with the challenges we face posed by Brexit, rising crime and security and safety concerns, the housing crisis, or toxic air quality. With the Brexit negotiations in chaos, and the economic impact of the current uncertainty being felt across the capital, the Budget was […]
Read moreAt the Fire Authority (LFEPA) meeting on 23rd November, Andrew Dismore AM, London Assembly member for Barnet and Camden challenged the Conservatives to say which financial reserves from either the Fire Authority itself or the wider GLA should be used to meet the funding gap caused by the additional demands for equipment and running costs recommended by the Fire Commissioner, […]
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Read moreInteresting article from The Times: The person making the news yesterday was not the chancellor, it was the chairman of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), Robert Chote. Mr Chote and his colleagues finally lost patience with their own continued overoptimism on productivity growth and delivered a pretty grim set of forecasts. They no longer see productivity growth climbing towards […]
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