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London Assembly Liberal Democrats will hold the Mayor of London to account

Caroline Pidgeon AM and Stephen Knight AM, Liberal Democrat London Assembly Members

The Liberal Democrat London Assembly Group: Caroline Pidgeon and Stephen Knight

The London Assembly Liberal Democrats have recommitted to holding the Mayor of London to account over the next four years. An agreement has been made between with the Labour and Green London Assembly Groups to share power in the operation of the Assembly.

Caroline Pidgeon AM, Leader of the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Group said:

"Now more than ever it is vital that the performance of the Mayor and the GLA's Functional Bodies are scrutinised in depth and held to account. This agreement is based entirely around achieving that objective."

Recent news and updates

  • Caroline Pidgeon
    Article: May 18, 2012

    Caroline Pidgeon, leader of the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Group and chair of the London Assembly Transport Committee, commenting on new proposals from Transport for London to allow Oyster card users to check their accounts online and to allow Oyster customers to submit refund applications online said:

  • Document: May 11, 2012
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    Following discussions, this is the agreement proposed between Labour, Liberal Democrat and Green Groups to share power in the operation of the London Assembly.

  • A budget for the many not the few
    Article: Mar 21, 2012

    Over 20 million working people will be better off next year after Liberal Democrats in the Coalition Government delivered the biggest ever increase in the income tax personal allowance in the Budget.

    The massive £3.5bn tax cut for working people delivers:

    • The biggest ever single uplift in the tax threshold
    • A personal allowance of £9,205 in April 2013
    • 21 million working people getting an extra £220 tax cut
    • Brings the total tax cut for basic rate tax payers to £550
    • Brings the total number of people lifted out of tax to 2 million.
  • Article: Mar 15, 2012

    At the very last Mayor's Question Time before the Mayor and London Assembly face elections in May the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Group this week set out a series of examples of how Londoners are now worse off than was the case four years ago

    Mike Tuffrey, the Liberal Democrat London Assembly housing spokesperson said:

  • Caroline Pidgeon (congestion charge)
    Article: Mar 12, 2012

    The amount of unpaid Congestion Charge and penalty charge notices owed by embassies and diplomatic missions that evade paying the Congestion Charge is now more than £60 million, according to new figures obtained by Caroline Pidgeon, Leader of the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Group. Every single Londoner is owed more than £8 by non paying embassies and diplomatic missions.

  • Nick Clegg at NewcastleGateshead conference 2012
    Article: Mar 11, 2012

    Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg used his speech to the Party's Spring conference in NewcastleGateshead to call for the forthcoming budget to be a "budget for fairness" and pledged that it would help working familes.

    The Deputy Prime Minister pledged that by 2015 Britain would have seen an end to control orders, the first gay marriages and the first elections to the House of Lords.

  • Article: Mar 9, 2012

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    We're building a freer, greener and more liberal country - and stopping some of the worst excesses of the Conservatives. Find out more in this infographic.

  • Article: Mar 7, 2012

    Dee Doocey, the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Olympic spokesperson, commenting on the replies provided by Lord Coe, Chair of LOCOG and Paul Deighton, Chief Executive of LOCOG, to her questions today about the lack of transparency over Olympic tickets said:

    "LOCOG ongoing secrecy over Olympic tickets is shameful. They have already sold over 7 million tickets and there is no reason at all why they could not publish today the full details about the price of tickets already sold for each and every Olympic event.

  • Article: Feb 29, 2012

    Mike Tuffrey, the Liberal Democrat London Assembly environment spokesperson, has uncovered that a £1m fund to trial low carbon technology in London's taxi fleet has not even been established nearly two-and-a-half years after it was first announced by Boris Johnson.

    Last week the Mayor of London was forced to admit that no progress had been made to establish the fund, following a series of tough questions from Mike Tuffrey, the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Environment spokesperson, at a recent Mayor's Question Time at City Hall.

  • Article: Feb 28, 2012

    A series of detailed questions asked by the Lib Dem London Assembly Member Mike Tuffrey confirm the strong case for keeping the London Fire Brigade Museum open. Following a series of questions asked by Mike Tuffrey, who is a member of the London Fire Emergency and Planning Authority, it has been confirmed by the Mayor that: