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City Hall: OIympic Legacy
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Wednesday, November 07, 2012. This morning the London Legacy Development Corporation appeared before the budget committee to lay out their plans for the Olympic site. This is currently closed to the public to enable removal of some venues and reconstruction of others. We were told that the reopening timetable is as follows:. December 2012 - the Greenway will reopen providing a walking corridor through the site, linking Hackney Wick and Stratford. Christmas 2013 - the iconic Velodrome will reopen. Leaving...
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City Hall: Riots Rematch
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Tuesday, December 04, 2012. This morning's Budget Committee saw the return of the insurers for a rematch over their response to the 2011 Summer Riots. The committee recently produced a set of recommendations intended to improve the response to such incidents, and the Association of British Insurers disagreed with some of them. Then the insurers arrived for what promised to be a scrap but turned out to be a damp squib. In producing the new guidelines, the insurers would also consult the Cabinet Office.
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City Hall: October 2012
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Wednesday, October 24, 2012. This morning's meeting heard evidence from Professor Tony Travers about possible changes to the tax regime in London. Gareth Bacon suggested giving stamp duty receipts to the Mayor, to be used on new affordable housing - a sum of around £1.3 billion. We were told that the current approach to tax competition meant that around the world devolved taxes were often cut and this could lead to growth in the market, and an increase in the overall recepts. Links to this post. The Quee...
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City Hall: Happy New Year
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Tuesday, January 01, 2013. Well, that was 2012! Four months of very tough election campaigning, but with the right result, followed by four months of Olympics fever, then four months of recovery. 2013 promises to be just as tough, with a very difficult budget settlement and changes to Fire and Police services to be unveiled in the coming weeks. At least there won't be an election this year, assuming the coalition holds together. And congratulations to colleagues recognised in the New Year Honours:. I hav...
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City Hall: Transport Planning
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Wednesday, December 05, 2012. Today's Transport Committee heard from Peter Hendy and TfL Board member Christopher Garnett. The main subject was TfL's business plan which was unveiled yesterday, but there was a chance to catch up on other matters too. Peter Hendy criticised a BBC story as 'mendacious rubbish'! Christopher Garnett is retiring after six years on the board. He explained how Livingstone's 'rubber stamp' has evolved into a much more hands on board, with members taking more detailed interes...
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City Hall: Cleaning Up Elm Park
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Tuesday, November 20, 2012. Cleaning Up Elm Park. On Sunday I joined volunteers along with local councillors Barry Oddy and John Wood, for a litter picking session in Elm Park. The morning was supervised by Cllr Barry Tebbutt, cabinet member for highways, and the Leader of the council Michael White also came along to lend a hand. We planted new flower beds outside the station and cleared up a huge pile of beer cans and bottles which people had thoughtlessly thrown over a fence onto waste land. Deputy May...
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City Hall: January 2013
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Tuesday, January 01, 2013. Well, that was 2012! Four months of very tough election campaigning, but with the right result, followed by four months of Olympics fever, then four months of recovery. 2013 promises to be just as tough, with a very difficult budget settlement and changes to Fire and Police services to be unveiled in the coming weeks. At least there won't be an election this year, assuming the coalition holds together. And congratulations to colleagues recognised in the New Year Honours:.
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City Hall: July 2012
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Saturday, July 21, 2012. Hanging by a Thread. This morning I took a trip on London's newest form of public transport - the cable car. Fine weather afforded some great views of East London and the river, so I took plenty of pictures:. Links to this post. Monday, July 16, 2012. Assembly Unites to Oppose A&E Closures in London. Links to this post. Saturday, July 14, 2012. You Must Read This! I have just finished Underground Overground,. Links to this post. Wednesday, July 11, 2012. Tuesday was very busy wit...
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City Hall: May 2012
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Tuesday, May 29, 2012. This morning the Budget Committee met for the first time under its long standing Chairman John Biggs. We heard from the finance directors of the GLA, TfL, Met Police and LFEPA. Being a broad bruush meeting, debate was expected to cover a lot of ground in not much depth - but in the event there was even less depth than we had anticipated. For many years councils have been encouraged to develop employment sites for housing because they got to keep the council tax receipts. This m...
