http://www.glalibdems.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from London Assembly Liberal Democrats en-GB London Assembly Liberal Democrats http://www.glalibdems.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2008 London Assembly Liberal Democrats 2008-05-13T04:26+01:00 United Kingdom http://www.glalibdems.org.uk/news/000552/mayor_appoints_lib_dems_to_metropolitan_police_authority_board.html The Mayor appointed Liberal Democrats Dee Doocey and Caroline Pidgeon to the Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) board on Friday. 2008-05-12T08:56+01:00 http://www.glalibdems.org.uk/news/000551/lib_dems_agree_to_work_with_all_party_groups_to_scrutinise_the_new_mayor.html Liberal Democrats on the London Assembly today committed to work with all other party groups to scrutinise new Mayor, Boris Johnson. 2008-05-09T13:20+01:00 http://www.glalibdems.org.uk/news/000549/liberal_democrats_urge_mayor_boris_to_take_action_on_post_office_closures.html London Assembly Liberal Democrats urged the Mayor to take action on the closure of 155 London Post Offices today. 2008-05-07T10:09+01:00 http://www.glalibdems.org.uk/news/000548/introducing_the_new_liberal_democrat_team_on_the_london_assembly.html Dee Doocey, Caroline Pidgeon and Mike Tuffrey were elected to the London Assembly Liberal Democrats on 1 May. 2008-05-03T09:01+01:00 http://www.glalibdems.org.uk/news/000546/london_liberal_democrats_launch_contract_for_london.html London Liberal Democrats launched their 2008 Manifesto, "Contract with London" today at The Commonwealth Club. The Contract for London was launched by Vincent Cable MP, Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Brian Paddick, Liberal Democrat candidate for Mayor of London and Duwayne Brooks, who was with Stephen Lawrence on the night he was murdered. 2008-04-07T19:00+01:00 http://www.glalibdems.org.uk/news/000544/latest_london_underground_strike_demonstrates_incompetent_leadership__pope.html Commenting on the announcement that London's two biggest transport unions are planning to strike over safety on the London Underground (LU), Transport Spokesman for the London Assembly Liberal Democrats, Geoff Pope said: 2008-03-28T12:00+00:00 http://www.glalibdems.org.uk/news/000543/how_to_vote_in_the_london_elections.html If you are a Londoner, make sure you have a say in how your city is run. The Mayoral and London Assembly elections will be taking place on 1 May 2008. You need to sign up to the electoral register to have a vote. 2008-03-20T18:01+00:00 http://www.glalibdems.org.uk/news/000542/over_200000_households_in_london_are_overcrowded__doocey.html The number of London families living in overcrowded homes has risen to 210,000 since 2001 according to figures obtained by London Liberal Democrats. 2008-03-20T18:00+00:00 http://www.glalibdems.org.uk/news/000541/mayors_recycling_scheme_creates_mess_for_london_boroughs__tuffrey.html London Assembly Liberal Democrats today criticised the Mayor's announcement to set up a £24 million waste and recycling programme with the London Development Agency. His proposals rival the new Government-funded London Waste and Recycling Board, which will perform many of the same functions. 2008-03-17T11:43+00:00 http://www.glalibdems.org.uk/news/000539/potential_strike_action_is_bad_timing_for_tfl__pope.html Commenting on the news that London Underground workers voted to strike over safety and ticket office closures, Geoff Pope, Transport Spokesman for the London Assembly Liberal Democrats said: 2008-03-12T14:20+00:00 http://www.glalibdems.org.uk/news/000537/mayor_admits_failure_on_housing_targets__doocey.html The Mayor of London admitted that 'we have failed on housing targets' under questioning from the London Assembly Liberal Democrats today. 2008-03-12T13:57+00:00 http://www.glalibdems.org.uk/news/000538/mayor_fails_on_promise_to_deliver_extra_police__tope.html The Mayor will not achieve the 1000 police as promised in his budget as the Home Office has refused funding for almost a third of this number, it was revealed today by the London Assembly Liberal Democrats. 2008-03-12T13:17+00:00 http://www.glalibdems.org.uk/news/000540/the_value_of_orbital_railway_will_be_judged_by_labour__pope.html Liberal Democrat Geoff Pope convinced all members of the London Assembly Transport Committee to write to the Secretary of State for Transport this week, to show support for the final stage of London's Orbital Railway. 2008-03-11T17:28+00:00 http://www.glalibdems.org.uk/news/000536/double_standards_for_olympic_transport__doocey.html London Assembly Liberal Democrats have condemned the International Olympic Committee's request for over 3,100 cars to transport officials and corporate sponsors to the Olympic site in 2012. 2008-03-06T11:06+00:00 http://www.glalibdems.org.uk/news/000535/urgent_changes_proposed_to_improve_accountability_in_the_mayors_office__lib_dems.html Today's scrutiny hearing with the Mayor's Chief of Staff and Policy Adviser on Economics and Business revealed a worrying insight into the way decisions are made in the Mayor's Office. London Assembly Liberal Democrats have put forward five proposals to improve accountability in the Mayor's Office in response to revelations about Mayoral advisers intervening without proper controls. 2008-03-05T14:27+00:00