Boris’s controversy-ridden administration was today dealt another blow as the London Assembly voted unanimously to investigate his appointments of staff and consultants at City Hall.
The investigation will be carried out by the Business Management and Administration Committee, and they will be focusing on four questions:
How did Mayor Boris Johnson pick his senior City Hall policy [...]
Tags: advisers · Assembly · investigation · rules · transparency
Dave Hill reports on the complete lack of the promised new, tough transparency on the financial interests of the Mayor’s most senior appointment, Tim Parker, First Deputy Mayor.
His manifesto on accountability promised to "Introduce tough new rules for Mayoral advisers to ensure their interests are declared and in the open" (page 3) and "Strengthen the [...]
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So Boris did indeed axe the CO2 charge earlier, apparently losing TfL £30-60m a year in revenue, but he still claims to want to pursue the £500m, ten-year cycling programme Ken planned to fund with the extra income.
And now the Greens have spotted another bit of dodgy maths, in relation to the much-heralded savings on [...]
Tags: black hole · budget · fares · finance