Post Tagged with: "London Assembly"

  • Meet Stephen Knight, newly elected Lib Dem AM

    Big Smoke spoke to newly elected Liberal Democrat Assembly Member Stephen Knight about the election, the future and who he voted second preference for Mayor.   Congratulations on your election. What was the best part of the election campaign for you (apart from it being over!)? The declaration of the […]

     

  • London’s new Assembly reaffirms old allegiances

    Today the new Assembly met for the first time after the election with, mainly, the same old faces and the same old attitudes. While the Mayor had to look around for new post holders to replace his fallen soldiers the opposition parties reaffirmed their previous cooperation with a formal agreement […]

     

  • Where are the women? Massive gender bias in Assembly candidates

    With all the candidates announced for the London Assembly it has become clear that there is a massive under representation of women standing for office (or is that over representation of men?). Of the seven Mayoral candidates just two are women, neither of whom are standing for the three largest parties. On […]

     

  • Assembly Budget: first real salvo of election campaign

    On Thursday the first meaningful salvo of the 2012 Assembly elections took place as the parties put forward their proposals for the Mayor’s budget. The Conservatives had already announced that they were proposing a tax cut (£3.10/year) and there were no significant surprises there. What the budget showed is that […]

     

  • Sustrans manifesto for London

    Sustrans is a leading UK charity enabling people to travel by foot, bike or public transport for more of the journeys we make every day. They work with families, communities, policy-makers and partner organisations so that people are able to choose healthier, cleaner and cheaper journeys, with better places and […]

     

  • The political culture of the London Assembly

    To my shame I’ve never attended a Mayor’s Question Time in person before Thursday. Obviously I’ve watched it online, seas on four is particularly good, but you get a much better feel for the thing when you’re in the room. There are lots to be said for the format itself. […]

     

  • London Assembly finally votes for cycle safety review

    There was much outcry on the 7th December when Conservative Assembly Members walked out of a debate preventing the passing of a motion on cycle safety. This morning London Assembly Members managed to stay in their seats long enough to vote through the measures. In an occasionally heated debate there […]

     

  • Tories walk out of cycle safety debate

    Conservatives on the London Assembly have outrageously walked out of a debate on cycle safety in order to prevent a motion being put. The motion, proposed by Green Assembly Member Jenny Jones reads; “This Assembly deeply regrets the deaths of cyclists on London’s road network and wishes to express its condolences for […]