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All aboard London’s river services for The Mayor’s Thames Festival

All aboard London’s river services for The Mayor’s Thames Festival

September 7, 2011 No Comments

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 ...

Johnson under increasing pressure over police cuts

Johnson under increasing pressure over police cuts

August 10, 2011 No Comments

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 ...

Riots – time to address the problems

Riots – time to address the problems

August 10, 2011 No Comments

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 ...

London urged to dress in its best for 2012 Games

London urged to dress in its best for 2012 Games

July 29, 2011 No Comments

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 ...

‘Dumping’ tourism pensions cost London taxpayers £3 million

‘Dumping’ tourism pensions cost London taxpayers £3 million

July 26, 2011 No Comments

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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Taxis “Day of Protest” on Wednesday

London taxi driver members of specialist transport union RMT will be holding a day of protest on Wednesday (9...

Ken: Tell me your London ‘Housing Horror’ stories

Ken Livingstone has launched a new housing campaign for the large number of Londoners who are consistently ignored in...