Caroline calls Heathrow decision ’miserable’ for Londoners
Caroline Russell AM has condemned the Government’s decision to select Heathrow Airport as the preferred choice for expansion. She has
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Four more years of rent rises? Private renters get a raw deal at MQT
At yesterday’s Mayor’s Question Time, I pressed the Mayor not to give up on helping private renters in homes that
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Hate crime rise must be stopped
The Home Office today released its official statistics on hate crime in England and Wales, which confirm a sharp increase
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Big Renters Survey: results published
My Big Renters Survey has found that almost no-one escapes unscathed from London’s private renting market. Today I have published
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Questioning the Prevent referral process
At the London Assembly Police and Crime Committee this Thursday, I questioned the effectiveness of the referral process in the
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Community spaces not exploited property guardians in empty public buildings
I have discovered that over 1,000 ‘property guardians’ are being charged to live in precarious conditions in empty public buildings
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Mayor promises to learn Olympic lessons to cut traffic in London
Caroline Russell AM has been pushing the Mayor of London to learn the lessons of the Olympics and use smart
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Success in getting private renters included in estate plans
At today’s Mayor’s Question Time I won some valuable promises for the rights of private renters on council estates. My
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Launching my Big Renters Survey to hear from my fellow private tenants
Today I am launching a survey to find out more about the problems faced by London’s 2.3 million private renters.
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Assembly backs my call for social housing not Starter Homes for London
At this week’s plenary meeting of the London Assembly I was very pleased when my fellow AMs voted through my
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Get Caroline’s help to measure your local air pollution
Do you live on a main road in outer London? Do you want to know how polluted your air is?
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Mayor dodges ballot for residents facing estate demolition
The Mayor of London has fallen short of his manifesto promise to estate residents when I’ve pressed him through questions
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Mayor agrees to ask for law change on Met recruitment
Today I’m very pleased the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan agreed to press the Government to adjust the law on
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After the vote: let’s come together to make a fair Brexit deal
After the vote to leave the EU, I hope I can help make any Brexit deal fairer for Londoners of
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Calling for gender-blind forms across the GLA
I’ve asked the Mayor to stop the GLA making people choose between male and female when giving their personal details
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