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Tag Archives: ken livingstone
Boris’s Broken Promises #4: “Making our streets and homes safer with 1,000 more police on the beat”
It’s difficult for candidates to break their manifesto pledges before the actual election, but Boris Johnson’s apparent pledge to make London safer with “1,000 more police on the beat” manages that feat. In 2008 Johnson inherited a budget from Ken … Continue reading
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Tagged boris Johnson, Broken promises, cuts, ken livingstone, London, Mayor of London, Police
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Housing budget in a pickle
The coalition government has slashed London’s housing budget by 60 per cent, although you wouldn’t know it from the press release. Under the cover of giving new powers to City Hall, a budget of £3 billion has been spun to … Continue reading
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Tagged boris Johnson, Eric Pickles, housing, ken livingstone, London, London Assembly, Mayor of London, Nicky Gavron
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Countdown for Housing
In London, no one can be unaware that we are in the midst of a housing crisis. So the Co-operative Housing (Tenure) Bill is timely and welcome. With supply at an all time low, spiralling private sector rents and home … Continue reading
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Tagged boris Johnson, Co-operative Housing (Tenure) Bill, Cooperative housing, Cooperative Party, Election, housing, International Year of Cooperatives, ken livingstone, Labour Party, London, London Assembly, London Labour Housing Group, Mayor of London, Nicky Gavron, United Nations
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Boris Johnson’s plan for London attacks housing and communities
The London Plan fails to address the acute need for new social housing and a desire for genuinely mixed communities With little of the usual fanfare, London mayor Boris Johnson recently published his London Plan, a 300-page document that will … Continue reading
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Tagged boris Johnson, developments, economic development, environment., ken livingstone, london plan, mayor
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