Richard Tracey urges the Government to pass tougher strike laws
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Richard Tracey AM, the London Assembly Conservatives' Transport Spokesman has criticised ASLEF for threatening to strike on Boxing Day.
Commenting Richard Tracey said: "Several years ago ASLEF urged their Members to sign up to a very generous new contract offer from TfL. This contract gave employees a big salary increase in return for being willing to sometimes work on bank holidays, including Boxing Day. This contract was freely signed. Now ASLEF's leadership are trying to tear up this contract.
"It has long been clear that London needs new strike legislation to require that 50%+1 of all eligible members vote in favour of strike action in order for that action to go ahead. This threat comes after the breakdown of talks that TfL should not need to have. ASLEF are trying to blackmail Londoners and, in so doing, have reinforced the case for Parliament to pass fresh legislation to take the Unions' feet off London's throat."
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— GLA Conservatives(@Assembly_Tories) November 13, 2012
Roger Evans to call for more shared working between emergency services
Following James Cleverly’s report ‘A United Emergency Service’ – which calls for emergency services to be based in one location – Roger Evans AM will suggest, at the Police and Crime Committee tomorrow at City Hall, that there should be more shared working between services.
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Andrew Boff says future housing needs must be met as Mayor is given keys to Olympic Park
As Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, prepares to receive the keys to the Olympic Park at midnight tonight, London Assembly Member Andrew Boff calls on the Mayor to ensure that the plans for the future Olympic Park housing live up to the high standards that Londoners have been promised.
James Cleverly calls for emergency services to share bases to protect services and cut costs
James Cleverly calls for emergency services to share bases to protect services and cut costs
London Assembly member James Cleverly has called for London’s emergency services to share their bases for better co-operation between them and to make them more efficient.
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MQT Question List: October 2012
The following are the questions the GLA Conservatives will be asking at this months Mayor's Question Time (MQT). The MQT will be held on October 17th, so stay tuned for the live coverage starting at 10am, via the groups Twitter stream. There will also be video summaries made by the GLA Conservative Assembly Members after the event via the groups Youtube Channel.
Recommendations for future Olympic Park Housing
Question No: 2957 / 2012
Andrew Boff
Last month I published a report, Radically Normal, making recommendations for how the plans for the future housing on the Olympic Park can be improved. Will you endorse these recommendations and commit to ensuring that more, larger, high-quality family-sized homes are built to the highest environmental standards?
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James Cleverly says: there are no excuses left, we must introduce police body cameras into the Met
James Cleverly AM has asked Stephen Greenhalgh to introduce police body cameras into the Met.
Commenting, James Cleverly said,
“If we want to reduce paperwork and increase convictions we need to think creatively about ways to do this. Police body cameras have demonstrated that they can achieve both of these aims.1
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Richard Tracey: “Crow can’t hold back driverless trains any more than Canute could hold back the sea”
GLA Conservative Group transport spokesman, Richard Tracey AM, has criticised RMT leader, Bob Crow’s call for strike action against the introduction of driverless trains and described him as a modern day King Canute.
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Andrew Boff announces new report: Radically Normal on Olympic Park's housing future
London Assembly Member Andrew Boff today publishes a report, Radically Normal, setting out why the plans for the Olympic Park must live up to the high standards that Londoners have been promised and makes recommendations for how the current plans can be improved.
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Tony Arbour pushes for better accuracy of borough crime figures
Tony Arbour, London Assembly Member for South West London, is pushing Mayor Boris Johnson to ensure better accuracy of borough crime data.
Tony Arbour AM said; “Initially I was concerned by a decrease in the number of crimes being resolved by police in Richmond. However on closer inspection, it seems that police time may be being wasted by a faulty administrative system. For example, police told me that a large percentage of “other thefts” take place in licensed premises and turn out to often involve “lost” rather than stolen items.
“I fear that police may muddle figures to create a more advantageous crime picture for their borough. This should be more closely monitored through regular dip sampling. And the public should be told which boroughs appear to be trying to distort figures and which aren’t.
“Data accuracy – however unglamorous – is the real crime debate we should be having.”
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