Peter Black AM (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Just in case you are thinking of voting Tory at the next election, then reflect on this. They intend to put control of all of London's policing into the hands of Boris Johnson . I feel safer already!
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | yesterday
A Conservative Government would install London Mayor Boris Johnson as the first elected police commissioner, it has been disclosed.
Tory Troll (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Evening Standard are reporting that Boris Johnson will become Britain's first elected Police commisioner, if the Conservatives win the next election. Forgive me if this prospect doesn't entirely fill me with glee. I mean this is the man, who hired not one, but three men who have since had to resign due to allegations of financial misconduct or fraud. A man who agreed to supply the address of a...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
From the Standard : Boris Johnson was today in line to become David Cameron's first elected police commissioner. The Tories plan to axe the Metropolitan Police Authority if they win next year's election and create the new posts of elected commissioners. These will be responsible for hiring and firing chief constables, setting police priorities, budgets and part of the council tax. In London...the...
MayorWatch (Free subscription) | yesterday
The first London Development Agency backed 'Mayoral education Academy' is to open in Edmonton at Turin Grove School next September it was announced yesterday. The academy is expected to be the first of several opened with the backing of Mayor of London Boris Johnson and will be sponsored by a partnership between the LDA and Academies Enterprise Trust (AET).
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Shadow home secretary Chris Grayling outlines plan to scrap Metropolitan police authority and divide powers between London assembly and mayor Boris Johnson would become the "elected commissioner" of the Metropolitan police under Tory proposals outlined today. The Conservatives plan to scrap police authorities across England and Wales and replace them with individuals chosen by the public....
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Boris Johnson's rhetoric on housing seems increasingly unlikely to be matched by the action Londoners need With a third of a million children living in cramped conditions in London, Boris Johnson is calling on the government to tackle overcrowding in London – a problem which has serious implications for the health and wellbeing of hundreds of thousands of Londoners. Intervention is exactly what's...
PinkNews.co.uk (Free subscription) | yesterday
Mayor of London Boris Johnson has said he is determined to tackle the problem of homophobic hate crime in the city. In an exclusive interview with PinkNews.co.uk, Johnson said that there was a "nasty undercurrent" of hate crimes against gay people and detailed police plans to help stamp it out.
Tim Worstall (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Can’t quite put my finger on it though….. A Conservative Government would install London Mayor Boris Johnson as the first elected police commissioner Umm, isn’t there something of a difference between “someone who has been elected becoming police commissioner” and “someone elected to be police commissioner”? And it what way does the former differ from the...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Schools secretary gives green light to Turin Grove school in Edmonton Boris Johnson's ambition to set up new schools in the capital began to bear fruit today as he announced that the first "mayoral academy" will open next September in Edmonton, north London, despite concerns at his decision to pour millions of pounds into under-16s education. Ed Balls, the schools secretary, has given the...
Christian Today (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Boris Johnson Mayor of London encourages Londoners to volunteer to tackle homelessness at a special event in London held by homelessness charities Crisis and Housing Justice
Working Class Tory (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
The blog Left Foot Forward is sounding rather triumphalist about the fact the leader of Hammersmith and Fulham council said : My mates are all in the shadow Cabinet, waiting to get those [ministerial] boxes, being terribly excited. I went to university with them, they haven’t run a piss-up in a brewery Well, it's a simple truth. If people would read the rest of what he said, they would realise...
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
LONDON mayor Boris Johnson certainly has the stature to carry off wearing a kilt.
Knowing and Making (Free subscription) | yesterday
There's a cute article in the Evening Standard today about the Conservative plans to bring in US-style elected police chiefs. Whatever the merits of the idea, there's a very odd statement from shadow home secretary Chris Grayling. "We envisage the Mayor of London being the elected police commissioner." Now this could mean that they expect the current Mayor of London (Boris Johnson) to also...
Times Online (Free subscription) | yesterday
A Conservative government would abolish London’s police authority and strengthen Boris Johnson’s power over the Metropolitan Police, the Shadow Home Secretary has announced.
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