Mayor’s Decent Homes announcement ‘nothing new’
Responding to the Mayor of London’s Decent Homes funding announcement London Assembly Labour Group Housing Spokesperson Tom Copley AM said: “For thousands of families living in aging accommodation work...
View ArticleNumber of Londoners sleeping rough rises 37% in a year
New figures out today from the Department for Communities and Local Government show a 37% increase in the number of people sleeping rough in the capital last Autumn. The Government statistics found...
View ArticleMayor’s failing Rental Standard will take 103 years to hit target at current...
Labour’s London Assembly Housing Spokesperson Tom Copley AM will today challenge London Mayor Boris Johnson on his commitment to the capital’s private renters after it was revealed that at the current...
View ArticleHousing zones announcement “far too little far too late”
Commenting on the Mayor’s announcement that 50,000 homes are now planned for Housing Zones, Labour’s London Assembly Housing Spokesperson, Tom Copley AM said: “Whilst it’s good Boris Johnson has...
View ArticleBoris Johnson must vote against the Housing Bill in Parliament
Commenting on the Government’s new Housing and Planning Bill published today, Labour’s London Assembly Housing Spokesperson Tom Copley AM said: “These proposals will devastate the capital’s housing...
View ArticleGive Londoners priority access to New Year’s Eve fireworks tickets
Londoners should to be given early access to tickets for London’s iconic London New Year’s Eve fireworks , Labour London Assembly Member Tom Copley has proposed. He called for a portion of tickets for...
View ArticleBoris overruling the Fire Authority and axing 13 London fire engines is...
Labour Londonwide Assembly Member Tom Copley has hit out at the Mayor of London after he said he would overrule the London Fire Authority after they voted not to scrap thirteen London fire engines,...
View ArticlePrices for first time buyers rocket £148,000 under Boris Johnson
The average first time buyer now pays £148,000 more for a property in the capital than they did when Boris Johnson came to power, new analysis from Labour’s London Assembly Housing Spokesperson Tom...
View ArticleMayor must refuse to sign the Garden Bridge maintenance guarantee: statement...
Responding to the National Audit Office findings that £20m of public money put into the Garden Bridge may have been wasted, Labour London Assembly Member, Tom Copley AM, said: “Quite clearly, the many...
View ArticleMargaret Hodge’s Review of the Garden Bridge is a “thorough damnation” of...
Responding to today’s publication of Margaret Hodge’s report into the Garden Bridge, Labour London Assembly Member Tom Copley AM, said: “This is a thorough damnation of what has to be the worst of...
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