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The week ahead at the London Assembly
14 OCTOBER 2011
Public meetings and report launches coming up next week:
Tuesday 18 October 2011
Neighbourhood planning
Planning and Housing Committee – 9.30am in Committee Room 5
The Committee will question the following guests as part of its review[1] of proposals to improve community involvement in the planning system:
‘Retrofit to save billions and get young Londoners into work', Mayor tells London businesses
14 OCTOBER 2011
The Mayor of London has called on the capital’s businesses and big landlords both private, public, commercial and residential to help deliver London’s biggest ever retrofitting programme.
Retrofitting business premises with energy saving measures will not only save up to a billion pounds a year in wasted energy costs but could significantly help towards eradicating youth unemployment, Mayor Boris Johnson has told London's top firms.
Assembly to hear latest on air quality and noise pollution around Heathrow Airport
14 OCTOBER 2011
Are existing measures to improve air quality and mitigate problems with aircraft noise around Heathrow airport effective, or should more be done?
The London Assembly Environment Committee will next week[1] hold a meeting to discuss environmental issues at the country's busiest airport with a range of key organisations.
News from John Biggs: Action needed now to tackle unemployment in City & East
14 OCTOBER 2011
Local Labour London Assembly member John Biggs calls on mayor and government to tackle 12.9 per cent unemployment in City & East as jobless rate across London reaches worst level for almost fifteen years.
Figures released by the Office for National Statistics this week revealed that one in ten people across London are now unemployed. The number has risen by 28,000 in the last three months to 425,000. The London jobless rate of ten per cent is the highest since 1997 and the second highest in the country.
Assembly welcomes stronger voice for Londoners in how the Royal Parks are run
13 OCTOBER 2011
The London Assembly's Environment Committee has welcomed new management proposals for the Royal Parks[1] as an opportunity for Londoners to have more say in the way they are run.
At a meeting of the Environment Committee yesterday[2], the Mayor’s team outlined the planned make up of the new board[3] that will be appointed by the Mayor to manage the Royal Parks[4].
Budding environmental entrepreneurs urged to sign up to new 'Green Growth Bootcamp'
13 OCTOBER 2011
A pioneering emission-free supercar, retrofitted cycle racks and an environmentally friendly car hire scheme were just some of the innovative green businesses exhibiting at the Green Growth Bootcamp, launched today by the Mayor of London Boris Johnson at Kingston University London.
This is the latest in a series of sector-specific boot camps the Mayor is supporting which are designed to provide entrepreneurs with intensive business advice and encourage them to embrace new technologies, and develop the skills they need to build successful companies.
London celebrates 10 years of Diwali in the Square
13 OCTOBER 2011
Diwali in the Square marks ten years of celebrating the festival of lights in the heart of capital on Sunday 16 October, with a joyous mix of music, dance and live performance, as well as displays and food stalls.
Organised by the Mayor of London in association with the Diwali in London Committee, and with support from Lycamobile and Zee TV, the free event marks the five -day festival celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs and Jains, which takes place between mid-October and mid-November and is celebrated throughout India and many other countries.
London Mayor and Minister for Disabled People to speak at Disability Capital Conference
13 OCTOBER 2011
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson and Minister for Disabled, Maria Miller head an impressive line-up of leading policy makers and Paralympic athletes who will be speaking at the Mayor of London's Disability Capital Conference, to be held at ExCel on 20 October 2011.
News from John Biggs: Questions raised about Emirates cable car deal
13 OCTOBER 2011
Local London Assembly member, John Biggs, has today written to Mayor Boris Johnson demanding further details about how the cable car sponsorship deal with Emirates came about. The letter follows a meeting at City Hall yesterday at which the Mayor refused to answer questions about the bidding process.
Mayor secures more than £11m to boost homeless hostels in London
12 OCTOBER 2011
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, today announced he has secured £11.6 million in funding from the Government to improve homeless hostels in the capital.
The vital money will be used to provide refurbished and new accommodation, including over 320 beds, for organisations across London that work to help people come off the streets.
St Mungos, West London YMCA, Islington & Shoreditch Housing Association and the London Borough of Camden all submitted successful bids for funding, allocated as part of the nationwide Homelessness Change Programme.
