September 7, 2011
It’s all hands on deck this weekend as London River Services and its operators get ready to help celebrate the annual Mayor’s Thames event with a very special offer. During the whole weekend of 10 and 11 September river operators including Thames Clippers, City Cruises, Crown River Cruises, Turk Launches, Tate to Tate and Parr’s ...
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August 10, 2011
Responding to Boris Johnson’s call for the government to reconsider police cuts, Len Duvall (pictured), leader of the Labour group on the London Assembly and former chair of the Metropolitan Police Authority, said: “One of Boris Johnson’s first acts as mayor was to announce cuts of hundreds of police officers in London. And during the ...
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Metropolitan,
metropolitan police authority,
political opportunism,
pressure
August 10, 2011
The destruction and looting across London that has spread to other cities in England, although notably not Wales or Scotland yet, has received the wholehearted condemnation of politicians of all colours and below we print a sample of their unabridged statements. Alone amongst the politicians, Ed Miliband, the leader of the Labour Party has called ...
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economic prospects,
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minority,
police numbers,
progress,
recession,
Riots,
violence
July 29, 2011
The Mayor Boris Johnson and LOCOG Chair Sebastian Coe are calling on the capital’s boroughs to embrace the London 2012 ‘Look’ by dressing up their high streets, squares, parks and public spaces in the official colours and branding that will greet athletes and visitors next summer. In the spring, all boroughs were allocated £50,000 by ...
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look,
sebastian coe
July 26, 2011
Labour’s Ken Duvall has hit out over London & Partners decision to “dump” the pensions of 200 current and former tourism staff. The decision of London & Partners, a publicly funded private company set up by Boris Johnson, not to take on the pensions of almost 200 current and former tourism staff ended up costing ...
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cost benefit analysis,
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len duvall,
Mayor,
peter rogers,
Tourism,
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