View from City Hall: Council must learn from this episode
Redbridge’s Labour council has finally listened to residents and scrapped their deeply flawed Quiet Streets schemes.
Redbridge’s Labour council has finally listened to residents and scrapped their deeply flawed Quiet Streets schemes.
After a horrendous year of record crime in 2019, lockdown saw the number of some offences fall for the first time in years.
In a crisis, it’s more important than ever that political leaders are held to account. Without hard questions, it’s easy for politicians to make lazy, poorly considered choices which don’t work in reality.
Recently we examined Sadiq Khan’s final budget as Mayor of London. As we all know, London is currently facing massive challenges, none more concerning than the inexorable growth in violent crime.
As we move into a new decade, I’d like to take this opportunity to wish all Redbridge residents a Happy New Year and a prosperous 2020.
Many readers will be aware that two years ago the Mayor of London controversially decided to remove Uber’s licence and, following an appeals process, grant them a temporary licence instead.
Readers will no doubt be aware of Redbridge Council’s proposal to knock down the library at Gants Hill and build a new block of flats along with a community hub in its place.
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