Rent control is not the answer. But we must ensure that deposits owed are promptly repaid and that rogue landlords are exposed.
Shortlists have been chosen for London South West and for Croydon and Sutton. The elections take place next year.
The experience of San Francisco was that the policy caused the supply of available rental housing to be reduced by 15 per cent.
“We want to kick-starting a transport revolution that steers our population towards healthier ways of getting from A to B.”
Prominence must be given to the whole team. We must take the chance to build up our activist base throughout the capital.
Why not build more co-working spaces into large retail units, to fit modern lifestyles? Places like Pret A Manger already double as mobile offices for many people.
We must bring in the technology to allow frontline police officers to carry scanners which enable them to detect knives and guns beneath clothing
“We don’t intervene early enough with crime, we’re not supporting young people enough to learn how to avoid those things.”
Greater clarity is needed to prevent special interest groups from presenting a misleading picture.
London’s Mayor is overseeing an administration typified by virtue signalling, financial incompetence, and wasteful spending.
Our capital is an aspirational city where a message of opportunity from our party should cut through. We can win these voters back. We just need to try.
Security, cohesion, integration, solidarity: all are intangible. But we pay – literally – to gain them. Why single out self-government?
It was on time and on budget when Boris Johnson left office. Now the opening has now been pushed back from December last year to August 2020.
Our concerns aren’t in Europe, or America. They’re local. They’re at the end of our road. We are worried about the dire state of crime, housing and air quality.