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Interested in housing issues and Labour's housing strategy? Come join LabourList for a breakfast event at the Conference Fringe on Monday 23rd September, at 8.30am in the Mercure Coast View Room 1. For an invitation contact…
By Tom Copley and Nicky Gavron, London Assembly members In the time-honoured fairy tale, the three little pigs lived in one house of straw, one house of wood and one house of bricks. But did they have to pay 80% market rent for the…
You may not have noticed with the focus on Syria, but this week it was announced that the Fire Brigades’ Union members voted by a massive margin (78%) in favour of strike action over the government’s changes to their pensions. Nobody really…
Under Boris Johnson, London commuter fares have become the most expensive in the world. Since he became Mayor, the cost of a single bus journey has gone up by 56% and a zone 1-6 travel card is now £440 a year more expensive. The Mayor’s…
In 2008 Boris Johnson made a bold pledge to end rough sleeping in London by the end of 2012. It was a pledge he reiterated in his manifesto last year just seven months before his self-imposed deadline. This was despite official figures…
Writers and readers of political blogs love a good gossip. Might Margaret Hodge run for London Mayor? Andrew Adonis or Stella Creasey? Oona King or Tessa Jowell? The stories last week were harmless fun but didn’t ask the serious questions…
The Labour Party have offered up two bold policies for London in the space of a week. Both are to be welcomed. Following Ed Miliband's pledge to open up the Mayoral selection process with a primary, Maria Eagle has called for the Mayor to…
I've just finished recording the Guardian Politics podcast - which will be on their website later - during which Polly Toynbee said that she thought Margaret Hodge might throw her hat into the ring for Mayor of London. It's a rumour I've…
It could only have passed by the wealthiest of Londoner, but London is in the grip of a housing crisis – what the Mayor, Boris Johnson, rightly describes in his ‘2020 Vision’ as the “gravest crisis the city faces”. One of the most abhorrent…
It has been an important week in the life of the Boris for Prime Minister campaign. On Tuesday, he launched his “2020 Vision” report, a lengthy treatise that corrals together previously announced projects and ‘ambitions’ and repackages them…
A senior London Tory has called for a Minimum Wage "holiday" for small businesses. That's despite the IFS today confirming that British workers are facing the toughest squeeze on their wages in 100 years. Greater London Assembly…
An interesting development over at City Hall - where questions have been raised over Boris Johnson’s trip to San Francisco in February this year. The Mayor’s own expenses record reveals that he claimed £4000 back from the taxpayer for the…
