Posts Tagged ‘London Assembly’
Sadiq Khan rejects New York-style air conditioning rules
Big Apple bosses banned stores from leaving doors open with air con running back in 2015
Read MoreLondon to miss 2030 Net Zero target, Mayor admits as he calls for more ‘energy devolution’
Green party leader brands City Hall’s climate policies ‘siloed’ and disjointed
Read MoreCity Hall to cut 80 jobs in £6.6m ‘efficiency’ drive
Fury as axes falls but no cuts Mayor’s office
Read MoreRegeneration drives sharp fall in East London’s deprived neighbourhoods
Since 2010, the figure has fallen from 23 to 16 per cent in London, according to new research
Read MoreFormer Hackney councillor becomes chair of London Assembly for third time
The London Assembly has completed its annual reshuffle, electing a new chair and appointing leadership roles across its cross-party investigative committees
Read MoreGreen mayoral candidate accused of ‘blocking’ letter praising police for Golders Green response to knife attacks
Cllr Zoë Garbett raised objections to a proposed missive from the London Assembly’s police and crime committee
Read More‘Of course’ Sadiq Khan could contribute to House of Lords, new Labour peer says
Len Duvall backs London’s mayor for a potential move to the red benches, as speculation mounts over a post-election peerage
Read MoreEstate regeneration actually leading to ‘degeneration’ – London mayor warned
In her new report, Green party Assembly Member Zoë Garbett claims Londoners are still suffering from the ‘same failed approach’ despite recent City Hall reforms
Read MoreMega-pension fund faces calls to divest from firms ‘enabling Israeli violations’
Shake the CIV said the pension fund currently invests £7billion into companies “complicit in Israel’s crimes”
Read MoreLabour assembly members accused of putting party first as they vote against budget amendments
Last week, the mayor’s annual budget for 2026-27 passed without any changes despite eight formal amendments being proposed
Read MoreProliferation of data centres could ‘undermine’ Mayor of London’s Net Zero target
Global Action Plan estimates that in 2050, data centres alone could use a quarter of the amount of energy the UK consumed last year
Read MoreZoë Garbett urges Sadiq Khan to act on housing crisis as it ‘hits families and disabled Londoners hardest’
Garbett, Chair of the London Assembly Housing Committee, said vulnerable Londoners and families were being the worst affected by the capital’s housing crisis
Read MoreLTNs and bus lanes increase congestion in parts of London, TfL bosses admit
TfL aims to ensure 80 per cent of journeys made in London are by walking, cycling or public transport by 2041.
Read MoreSadiq Khan breaks ranks with Labour government to call Gaza tragedy ‘genocide’ for first time
Mayor of London has previously resisted calls to label Israel’s military campaign a genocide but now says it’s “inescapable” to conclude that
Read MoreGreens welcome Met’s removal of 371 school officers – but others brand it ‘most catastrophic decision in keeping children safe’
Surveys revealed that 93 per cent of Londoners supported the presence of Safer Schools Officers in school buildings
Read MoreLondon Mayor joins Green party in calling for London arms fair to be scrapped
Sadiq Khan ‘is appalled that the capital is being used as a marketplace for those who wish to trade in weapons’
Read More‘Treating us all as suspects’ – Doubts over success of Met Police’s Live Facial Recognition technology
Critics have branded the use of LFR, which maps a person’s unique facial features, and matches them against faces on watchlists, as an ‘erosion of civil liberties
Read MoreGreen Party announces Hackney Mayor candidate for 2026 – and her deputy
Zoë Garbett and Dylan Law explain the change they want to see in Hackney if the party wrests control from Labour next year
Read MoreLondon fire chief to retire after five years in post
Mayor Sadiq Khan praises ‘outstanding’ Andy Roe, whose final day in office is yet to be revealed
Read MoreGovernment denies London mayor Sadiq Khan power to impose rent controls
Ministers have ‘no plans whatsoever’ to enable introduction of caps on the amount private landlords can charge
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