15 Most Recent Stories From London Assembly Liberal Democrats News Stories

Fri 5th Mar 2010:

Mayor's contradictory statements over Thames Estuary Airport cannot be explained away - Caroline Pidgeon .

Caroline Pidgeon, the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Transport Spokesperson, commenting on the Mayor's statement on BBC's Question Time that he has no plans to build an airport in the Thames Estuary:

Mon 1st Mar 2010:

The final nail in the coffin of Boris Johnson's airport proposals - Caroline Pidgeon.

Caroline Pidgeon, the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Transport Spokesperson, commenting on the opposition from the world's leading airlines to Boris Johnson's plans for a Thames Estuary Airport said:

Thu 25th Feb 2010:

Innocent people deserve better treatment from Met over DNA database - Dee Doocey.

Dee Doocey, the Liberal Democrat London Assembly policing spokesperson and member of the MPA, has today called for the Met to address its poor record of meeting requests by innocent people for the deletion of their DNA records held on a national database.

Thu 18th Feb 2010:

Dee Doocey urges Mayor to get tough on 'size zero' models at London Fashion Week.

Dee Doocey, the Liberal Democrat Culture Spokesperson on the London Assembly, has urged Mayor Boris Johnson to end public funding for London Fashion Week while it continues to use excessively thin models. She has now written to the Mayor, following numerous questions and representations she has made on the issue.

Wed 17th Feb 2010:

'A white elephant is no sporting legacy' - Dee Doocey slams Tessa Jowell's opposition to change of use of Olympic Stadium.

Dee Doocey, the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Olympics spokesperson, responding to Tessa Jowell's statement that the Olympic Stadium must remain an athletics stadium after the Olympics said:

Thu 11th Feb 2010:

Delayed train summit exposes Mayor's real record in tackling delayed trains.

Caroline Pidgeon, the Liberal Democrat London Assembly transport spokesperson, commenting ahead of tomorrow's "rail summit "being held by the Mayor at City Hall said:

Wed 10th Feb 2010:

Londoners will come to regret Boris Johnson's cut in police numbers.

Dee Doocey, the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Policing Spokesperson and member of the MPA commenting on the Mayor's decision to push ahead with his budget proposals to cut police numbers in London

Tue 9th Feb 2010:

Every Londoner owed a fiver by embassies that refuse to pay the Congestion Charge.

Caroline Pidgeon, the Liberal Democrat London Assembly transport spokesperson, has revealed that each and every Londoner is now owed £5 by embassies that evade paying the Congestion Charge.  For the first time ever the total unpaid bill for non-payment of Congestion Charge and Penalty Charge Notices now exceeds £40 million.

Tue 2nd Feb 2010:

Start at the top in controlling Met's budget - Dee Doocey.

Dee Doocey, the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Policing Spokesperson and Member of the MPA, commenting on plans set out today by senior police officers to control costs, including overtime said:

Wed 27th Jan 2010:

Mayor challenged to back down over cuts to police numbers.

Boris Johnson is being challenged to back down over real cuts in Met police numbers by the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Group. The Liberal Democrats are proposing to restore the Mayor's planned cut in council tax funding for the Met as part of their formal amendment to the Mayor's draft budget being presented to the London Assembly today.

Mon 18th Jan 2010:

Actions not recycled words are now needed in managing London's waste - Tuffrey.

Mike Tuffrey, leader of the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Group and the party's environment spokesperson, commenting on the Mayor's Draft Municipal Waste Management Strategy, which has been published today said:

Thu 14th Jan 2010:

Mayor is off the tracks on housing - Tuffrey.

Mike Tuffrey, the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Housing Spokesman, commenting on the Mayor's claims about delivering affordable homes for London said:

Fri 8th Jan 2010:

Dee Doocey welcomes broadcasting contract for the 2012 London Paralympics.

Dee Doocey, the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Olympics Spokesperson, commenting on today's decision by the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG) to award the broadcasting contract for the 2012 Paralympics to Channel 4, a free to view broadcaster, said:

Thu 31st Dec 2009:

Mayor is hitting low income Londoners hardest with his 2010 fare package - Caroline Pidgeon.

Caroline Pidgeon, the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Transport Spokesperson and Chair of the London Assembly Transport Committee, commenting on the steep fare rises that the Mayor is imposing on London transport services for 2010 said:

Thu 17th Dec 2009:

The cost of Boris just got higher - Tuffrey.

Speaking at Mayor's question time this week, Mike Tuffrey, the leader of the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Group, revealed that Boris Johnson's mayoralty is costing Londoners far more than his predecessor. He was questioning the Mayor on the draft GLA budget for 2010/11, published on 10th December 2009.

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