Boris Johnson Articles

This week the London Health Commission, established by the mayor and led by former Labour health minister Ara Darzi, published proposals for a ‘healthier, slimmer, fitter, city’. Beyond the most controversial of these proposals – on smoke free public spaces, which the...

As news broke this week of another above-inflation fare rise of 3.5 per cent, millions of Londoners (and others) will have asked themselves whether they are receiving value for money. Fares have risen by 42 per cent across London since the election of Boris Johnson in...

Nobody doubts that the rioting that we witnessed nationwide in the summer of 2011 was often criminal, copycat activity. There was also much sheer materialism. But underlying the riots, particularly in London, were long-standing issues about the relationship between...

For many years Newham has campaigned for investment in transport infrastructure, believing, as we do, that with the right links, and developable land, we can attract business and hence jobs for residents. One of the obvious results of this campaigning can be seen in...