EXPERTS and parliamentarians have urged the Government to back compostable materials to increase food waste recycling after a landmark report finds overwhelming support for the materials. The report, produced by Ricardo Energy, quizzed experts across the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain on the potential
A report to the council’s Scrutiny Committee this week has revealed requests for information made by local residents on a controversial housing scheme were cleared by Labour politicians before being sent out. The report confirmed that answers to FOI requests relating to plans for properties
Responding to yesterday’s Budget, Liberal Democrat candidate for Mayor of London Luisa Porritt said: “This budget was meant to set the pathway to recovery, but it has left millions on the brink. “From bakers to beauticians, hairdressers to pubs – small businesses are the backbone
Green Party candidate for Mayor of London Sian Berry is pledging to flatten fares and move towards a single zone system for fares in London, if elected in May. Today’s fare rises are again costing Londoners in outer boroughs much more in travel costs, and
Green Party candidate for Mayor of London Sian Berry has pledged to appoint an ‘Elders Champion’ in City Hall if elected in May. The holder of this role will have the task of monitoring and coordinating the effects of all the Mayor’s policies on older
Violent crime is the number one concern among London’s voters – that’s according to new independent research conducted among more than 2,000 adults across the capital’s 32 boroughs. With just over two months until the London mayoral elections on May 6, over half (54.1%) of
Ambiguous lockdown rules and over-zealous policing are ‘squeezing smaller parties out of the democratic process’, independent candidates for upcoming elections in May are warning. In London, mayoral candidate Brian Rose – second-favourite in the race – is engaged in a war of words with police chiefs after
Caroline Pidgeon, Liberal Democrat London Assembly Member, commenting on the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) investigation report into the fatality at Eden Park train station on the 26 February 2020 of a blind man who suffered fatal injuries after falling from the edge of a
Green Party candidate for Mayor of London Sian Berry has pledged to eliminate deaths and serious injury on the roads of London with a new, more ambitious “vision zero” strategy. Sian claims that the current Mayor’s actions don’t add up to a plan, and points
The fate of the world’s poorest and wealthiest nations are interconnected, and eradicating poverty and hunger will be impossible without urgent and focused international cooperation efforts directed at long-term development, said world leaders speaking at the opening of the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development