London’s Living Wage – Who Pays It?
Mayor increases LLW to £8.30 per hour – we look at the companies committed to it.
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Free Travel For TFL Family, Friends & Flatmates Under Fire
Boris Johnson faced challenges at City Hall yesterday over the TFL employee perk that extends free travel across the network to a family member or nominated partner.
Weekend Round-Up
Featuring rare birds, less rare actresses, defecting priests, and shiny new buildings. Amongst other things. Now, anyone seen the cat?
Big Firms Sign Up To London Living Wage
Photo by ~Duncan~ from the Londonist Flickr pool Companies like Bank of America Merrill Lynch, L’Oreal and JP Morgan have signed up to ensure all staff on their books earn at least £7.85 an hour – the London Living Wage. This is an excellent way …
BNP Expels Barnbrook
Photo by Simon-K from the Londonist Flickr pool The BNP has expelled Richard Barnbrook, its only representative on the London Assembly, from the party after he attempted to force a leadership challenge on Nick Griffin. Barnbrook resigned the whip in mid August in what was …
Looking Through The Cultural Strategy For London
Photo by Pgd from the Londonist Flickr pool The things you do to pass a rainy afternoon. We spent ours flicking through all 200+ pages of the Mayor’s new draft Cultural Strategy for London to see if there was anything in it. And despite being …
In Pictures: “Democracy Village” In Parliament Square
Since May Day and the thrilling election denouement almost two weeks ago, a peaceful protest camp has taken over Parliament Square, offering a rude reminder to new ministers of quite how grubby the great unwashed can be. Last year, the Tories claimed that, once in …
Preview: Mark Thomas + GLA Members @ Tricycle Theatre
Mark Thomas, part-comedian part-political campaigner, has spent the last few months touring the UK with his new show which weaves his own tales of protest derring-do with audience suggestions for a new manifesto. At the end of each show one or two are decided upon …
Gifts And Hospitality To London Assembly Members: Any Dirt?
You could forgive the GLA members for feeling just a tinge of jealousy as they watch the chaos unfolding in Westminster right now. No £20,000-a-year-for-your-moat-and-hold-the-capital-gains-tax for them. Last July AM Brian Coleman was greeted with outrage when he turned up with a trifling £10,000 taxi …
A City Charter To Increase Council Power
Image by kenchie from the Londonist Flickrpool A City Charter for London was unveiled yesterday, proposing to drastically increase the powers of local borough councils. It’s being pitched as the next level of devolution and making London as democratic as possible. But some of the …
100,000 Electric Cars Promised For London’s Streets
Image courtesy of Jamie McK from the Londonist Flickr pool Boris wants to make London “the electric car capital of Europe”. He’s announced plans to get 100,000 electric cars on our streets, including 1,000 GLA vehicles by 2015 as well as bringing charging points to …
