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Rats epidemic in London: More than 100 complaints recorded by councils every day, new report shows
Posted by GLA Conservatives in News
- London boroughs received 180,000 mouse and rat complaints in past five years
- Reports rose ten per cent in 2016/17 compared to previous year
- Tower Hamlets alone recorded 30,000 complaints since 2012
- Evidence suggests conditions in London will get even better for rodents
- ‘Rat Land’ report calls on the Mayor and local authorities to take action
- Read the full report here
London councils received over 180,000 complaints about rats and mice over the past five years – more than 100 per day – a new report by Susan Hall AM shows.
London Plan reaction: ‘Sadiq Khan has declared war on the suburbs’
- Protection for gardens against development scrapped
- Removal of limits on density of new homes
- No targets for number of family-sized homes
- Squeeze on parking spaces to impact outer London
- 50% affordable housing claim is only ‘strategic target’
- ‘Entire approach signals downgrading in quality of capital’s housing’
Sadiq Khan has ‘declared war on the suburbs’ with a London Plan that will leave outer boroughs ‘browner, overcrowded and harder to get around’.
Met efficiency hits rock bottom under Khan, Independent report today shows
- HM Inspectorate report today: Metropolitan police service ‘requires improvement’
- Previously ‘good’ Met (Britain’s best funded service) now in bottom third nationally
- Concern over Mayor’s calls for increased funding in wake of efficiency failings
Despite a previously good rating, the Met now finds itself in the bottom third nationally for efficiency.
London Mayor fails to set family homes target in opaque Housing Strategy
- No targets for family homes in housing strategy – predecessor’s was 36%
- Lack of detail and transparency in Mayor’s policy, allows little scope for scrutiny.
Sadiq Khan’s Housing Strategy is failing to address the needs of some of the most vulnerable Londoners.
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