£535 million for homes is no good in London’s back pocket
London is sitting on more than half a billion pounds intended for affordable homes but going unspent, reports Inside Housing
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Author: Sian Berry
Six month deal leaves Londoners as a political football
A short-term deal will leave Londoners facing extra costs and further political battles over their transport system. Reacting to the
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Still waiting for Mayor’s new rules for private public spaces
Since 2017, when the Assembly passed my motion to make sure new privately owned public spaces are not run with
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Lockdown warning: sofa-surfing Londoners shut out by coronavirus
Londoners have always opened their doors for friends and family with nowhere to go – but under the threat of
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I back the Mayor over ‘circuit breaker’, but it must come with income support
London needs a short, effective lockdown with universal income support. We have seen today a letter from the Mayor and
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Mayor agrees that a universal basic income is ‘worth exploring’
The Mayor cautiously agreed with me today that a universal basic income was ‘worth exploring’ to help Londoners hit hard
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Cancel Silvertown calls grow as cost soars to £2bn
Green AM Caroline Russell reveals the toxic tunnel will cost Londoners £2bn, nearly three times the original price. The Mayor
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London STILL losing youth services
My latest report shows that, after nearly a decade of austerity, councils in London are still being forced to take
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More young people should complain about police mistreatment
Young people unfairly treated when stopped and searched should not hesitate to lodge complaints, the Mayor has agreed, during my
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Mayor refuses to discuss smart, fair road charging plans
The Mayor has dismissed proposals to start an ‘honest, open conversation’ with Londoners about developing a new system of charging
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Met Commissioner refuses to act on police bias in Covid-19 arrests
I questioned the Commissioner of the Met Police today, at the first Assembly meeting after new data showed that black
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Mayor not budging on coronavirus rent debt
Londoners unable to pay mounting rent debt were refused a lifeline by the Mayor today when I asked him to
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London renters face June wave of poverty and homelessness
London renters suffering the brutal financial consequences of the coronavirus lockdown will be exposed to a new wave of poverty
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Heathrow win means all damaging infrastructure needs to end
Climate campaigners are vindicated by the court judgement against a third runway at Heathrow — the world’s first based on
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Protecting workers, getting relevant data, and the importance of democratic scrutiny
Whole groups of key workers are out working every day, and we still don’t know enough about the exposure and
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