Tag Archives: Sadiq Khan

£300 residents’ parking tax? Sign up for scrappage fund

Posted on November 5, 2019 by

If you’ve just been hit with a £300 bill from Croydon Council just for the “privilege” of parking your car near your home, or even if you’ve seen the previous £80 a year residents’ parking permit fee more than double, … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon Council, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Parking, Sadiq Khan, Tom Copley | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Copley welcomes Mayor’s £10m digital cable investment

Posted on October 27, 2019 by

The Mayor of London has announced a £10million fund to make it easier for people to connect online and get access to Inside Croydon. There might be one or two other uses, too, of a city-wide investment which seeks to … Continue reading →

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Mayor Khan under growing pressure over tram fatigue cover-up

Posted on September 10, 2019 by

A former senior adviser to two London Mayors will use the transport committee meeting at City Hall tomorrow to call for an independent investigation into how TfL censored a safety report at the request of the tram operators, and then … Continue reading →

Posted in Boris Johnson, Caroline Pidgeon, London Assembly, Mayor of London, New Addington, Sadiq Khan, Sandilands derailment, TfL, Tramlink, Transport | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Documents show TfL censored safety audit after tram crash

Posted on September 6, 2019 by

Long-standing suspicions that there has been a cover-up over safety reports relating to the tram network following the 2016 Sandilands crash appear to be confirmed today, with the publication of a file of documents which show that reports critical of … Continue reading →

Posted in Caroline Pidgeon, London Assembly, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Sandilands derailment, TfL, Tramlink, Transport | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Call for Viridor prosecution over health risks from toxic fire

Posted on August 12, 2019 by

The Environment Agency has been asked to consider bringing a prosecution of Viridor over the fire at their incinerator on Beddington Lane last month, as there is mounting evidence to suggest that toxic fumes were released into the atmosphere during … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment, London Fire Brigade, Mayor of London, Ruth Dombey, Sadiq Khan, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment

5% increase in road collisions set-back for Mayor’s Vision Zero

Posted on July 28, 2019 by

There was another increase in the number of people killed or seriously injured on London’s roads in 2018, figures released this week show, prompting a call for the Mayor to implement more measures more urgently for sustainable walking and cycling. … Continue reading →

Posted in Caroline Russell, Cycling, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Transport | Tagged , , , , , | 2 Comments

Croydon residents spend 45% of their wage on private rents

Posted on July 27, 2019 by

While Croydon’s Labour-run council stages museum exhibitions on the history of the council house, as they meanwhile use public money to build houses for private sale which local residents cannot afford, a London Assembly Member has produced figures which shows … Continue reading →

Posted in Housing, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Planning, Sadiq Khan, Tom Copley | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment