Category Archives: Politics

New TfL data showing funding to boroughs is £100m down on last year

Green Party Assembly Member, Caroline Russell has released new data showing that the Mayor’s flagship walking and cycling programmes are facing a £100 million black hole. Caroline has compared last year’s TfL borough funding data with this year’s Streetspace allocations and found that nearly every

‘This funding fails to match what we’re spending’ – London Councils responds to government announcement on rough sleeper support

London boroughs have welcomed the launch of the government’s ‘Protect Programme’ for supporting rough sleepers over winter, but have also highlighted the continued funding pressures facing local services. The government’s announcement includes an additional £15 million for local authorities across England. However, London boroughs alone

UK Goes Big for National Mentoring Day

Lords, MPs, celebrities, businesses, and individuals across all sectors of the UK celebrated in an overwhelming response to this year’s National Mentoring Day (27th October.) The initiative aims to make mentoring accessible to any adult, child, business, or group that needs it, regardless of age,

The UK Should Prepare for a No-Deal Brexit

It is highly likely that the UK would leave the European Union immediately, in a period as short as overnight. Prime. On October 16, 2020, the British Prime Minister Boris Jonhson has warned that Britain needs to prepare for a no-deal Brexit. The no-deal Brexit

Government TfL takeover threat an insult to democracy

Responding to the Government threat to take control of Transport for London (TfL) unless the Mayor of London accepts its conditions, Luisa Porritt, Lib Dem Candidate for Mayor of London said: “Not content with their shameful treatment of the people of Greater Manchester, the Tory