Category Archives: Unmesh Desai

Police drop investigation into London Assembly Member Desai

Posted on January 10, 2025 by insidecroydon

The Metropolitan Police has ended its investigation into what was reported as “a serious allegation” against a senior London Assembly Member, with no charges or further action to be taken, lawyers acting for Unmesh Desai have said today. Desai, the … Continue reading →

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News black-out after Labour Party suspends Assembly Member

Posted on January 9, 2025 by insidecroydon

EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Unmesh Desai, the London Assembly Member for The City and East London, has been suspended by the Labour Party following what was initially reported as “a police investigation into a serious allegation”. A spokesperson for the … Continue reading →

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153 Met police officers faced misconduct hearings in 2023

Posted on July 18, 2024 by insidecroydon

The number of police officers who have faced hearings due to misconduct or incompetence has doubled since 2016, according to official data from City Hall. In total, 163 officers faced hearings in 2023, 153 of whom were facing allegations of … Continue reading →

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Tories, LibDems and Labour vote against City Hall transparency

Posted on February 9, 2024 by insidecroydon

Londoners are entitled to ask ‘what have they got to hide’ after the majority of Assembly Members voted down a Green Party motion which will have required them to publicise their meetings with lobbyists and other interest groups In an … Continue reading →

Posted in 2024 London elections, Andrew Boff, Caroline Pidgeon, Caroline Russell, Elly Baker, Leonie Cooper, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Marina Ahmad, Murad Qureshi, Shaun Bailey, Sian Berry, Susan Hall, Unmesh Desai | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 8 Comments

E-scooters’ ‘risk of significant harm’, says Assembly Member

Posted on January 7, 2022 by insidecroydon

Pedestrians and road users in Croydon and across the capital are “at risk of significant harm” from the illegal use of electric scooters, according to a Member of the London Assembly today. Unmesh Desai was responding to the release of … Continue reading →

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Call for clubs to condemn Football Lads’ Whitehall protest

Posted on June 10, 2020 by insidecroydon

Hundreds of far-right hooligans, calling themselves “Football Lads”, are planning to descend on London on Saturday to confront the next Black Lives Matter protest. They say that they want to “defend” the Winston Churchill statue in Parliament Square and the … Continue reading →

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