Boris’s electric vehicle boasts are an inverted pyramid of piffle
Darren Johnson shows how consistently wrong the mayor’s claims about electric vehicles has been.
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How well does Boris do on apprenticeships?
The Green Party’s Darren Johnson AM argues that apprenticeships need to be rehauled, and that London could show the rest of the country how to do it.
It’s official: the 50p tax rate raises revenue
As the evidence comes in that the 50p tax rate raises hundreds of millions of pounds a year, Alex Hern looks at what the new Tory line will be on the rate.
Boris has slammed Coalition welfare reforms – from the left
The most prominent politician to oppose the government welfare reform is – amazingly – Boris Johnson, taking on benefit scrounger myths and arguing against over-testing
Livingstone pledges London Living Rent, saying Boris has “completely failed” on housing
Ken Livingstone today pledged to establish a London-wide non-profit lettings agency and introduce a London Living Rent for the capital, reports Shamik Das.
Expensive and ineffective: Boris Johnson’s island airport (even Tories think so)
John Stewart of AirportWatch explains why even other Tories, from Gideon Osborne down, are privately briefing against Boris Island: it’s a ridiculous idea.
Boris is turning back the clock for women in London
Shelly Asquith reports on Tory London Mayor Boris Johnson’s sexist attitudes and anti-women policies.
Suburbia will be the key battleground in the London and the General Elections
Recent events should convince us further – as if any more convincing were required – that it is in suburbia the next election will be won or lost, writes Rupa Huq.
Ken v Boris: Six months out, Livingstone steps up the pressure on transport and crime
The London Mayoral elections are now just six months away; to mark this point in the campaign, Labour’s Ken Livingstone unveiled several new policy developments.
Boris fiddles as London prepares for transport chaos
Alex Hern writes about the transport chaos set to descend on London for the Olympics, and details Ken Livingstone’s calls to the mayor for better preparation.