We’ve seen the way that the Conservative Government committing to Net Zero by 2050 has turbocharged research, innovation, and transition away from fossil fuels and towards green technologies. Committing to phase out diesel from London by 2030 would have exactly the same impact.
Blocking planned skyscrapers across the capital would exacerbate the housing crisis and diminish what makes London great.
“Housing policy – the building of new homes, the stewardship of existing properties, the planning of our towns, the fundamental landscape of our lives – requires long-term thinking. And a long-term plan.”
We must fully include, trust, and listen, to those local leaders from the voluntary party who know exactly how to win on their doorstep.
Andy Street has pursued a brownfield-first policy, with the only exception being around the new High Speed 2 Solihull Rail Station.
She won by a clear margin in the ballot of London Conservative members – 57 per cent to 43 per cent for Moz Hossain.
Whoever is selected by members will have to strike the right balance – securing a high turnout among reliably Conservative voters in reliably Conservative areas, combined with outreach tightly focused on middle-age, middle earners, and topped off by neutralizing Labour’s advantage among highly-educated voters.
If Sadiq Khan gets another term, the ULEZ expansion will devastate families and small businesses, crime will continue to soar, and the housing crisis will push talented young people out of the city.
CCHQ says no, others claim yes. Either way, that Goodwin might make her claim was foreseeable, and one needs little imagination to picture the consequence.
Such action against their own Mayor would, of course, require political courage. But it would represent meaningful action on behalf of their residents – the absence of which will not be forgotten.
Perhaps the most unforgivable failure of Khan’s time in office is one that affects every single person in this city, from Hillingdon to Havering, from Enfield to Croydon: crime, and the state of the Met Police.
The other two candidates are Daniel Korski, a technology entrepreneur, and Susan Hall, until recently, the Leader of the Conservative Group in the London Assembly.
There has been a decline in their strength within the Metropolitan Police Force, amounting to a reduction of 18.5 per cent – from 4,373 in 2020 to 3,688 in 2021.
People in all three places had a pretty clear view about the unorthodox circumstances giving rise to the contests.