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- Rent Reform report by London Housing Comm (which I sit on) outlines measures to tackle rogue landlords. More on blog nickygavron.wordpress.com/2013/06/10/hou… 1 week ago
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Tag Archives: London Assembly
Three Years on, Mayor is Failing to Tackle Rough Sleeping
Three years ago this month, Boris Johnson pledged to end rough sleeping in London by 2012. Today, faced with a perfect storm of unemployment, funding cuts, welfare reform and housing market failure, even more people are sleeping rough on London’s … Continue reading
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Tagged boris Johnson, CHAIN, homelessness, housing, London, London Assembly, Mayor of London, Nicky Gavron, rough sleeping
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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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In the face of rising crime the Mayor cannot persist with his policy of cutting police numbers
Figures published this week show the impact the Mayor’s cuts to the police service have had at a local level. In the last two years the number of police officers based in the London boroughs has reduced from 20,599 in … Continue reading
Thoughts on Last Night’s Meeting with Tower Hamlets Somali Friends of Labour
For me, the Labour Party is the natural home of the Somali community. Last night I had the pleasure of speaking at the launch of the Tower Hamlet’s Somali Friends of Labour. There were great speeches from Amina Ali, Rachel … Continue reading
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Tagged Economy, health, housing, London Assembly, Somali Friends of Labour, Tower Hamlets, Youth services
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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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Mayor Caught Double Counting the Housing Numbers
Boris Johnson is notoriously light on detail. Whether it’s police numbers, crime stats or now, it seems, affordable housing, facts rarely get in the way of a good story. The national statistics watchdog even took the unusual step of publicly … Continue reading
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Tagged boris Johnson, Guardian, housing, Left Foot Forward, London, London Assembly, Mayor of London, Nicky Gavron, Richard Blakeway, statistics
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