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London Assembly Liberal DemocratsDee Doocey, Caroline Pidgeon and Mike Tuffrey: Fighting for London |
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"After four years of Boris Johnson the facts are that Londoners are worse off" – Liberal Democrat London Assembly Group
March 15, 2012 3:28 PM
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:
"After four years as Mayor of London we now have over 800,000 people waiting for affordable housing in London - an increase of 10% since 2007."
"Overcrowding has also increased by nearly 15 per cent since 2007/08. This is the real record of Boris Johnson."
Dee Doocey, the Liberal Democrat business spokesperson said:
"In a week that we have seen a further rise in unemployment it is worth remembering the wasted opportunity of not setting higher targets for getting more unemployed Londoners to work on the Olympic Park. The targets of 15-20% are woefully inadequate and the Mayor should have led on this issue. But he did nothing and now seeks to defend these incredibly low targets.
Caroline Pidgeon, leader of the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Group further commented:
"Boris Johnson promised that London would have 68 step free tube stations, in reality after his four years in charge of Transport for London there are only 63. In fact the Mayor wasted £64 million on cancelling improvements that had already started at seven tube stations.
"And on buses fares have soared by 50 per cent while on numerous routes overcrowding has grown. Londoners are paying more for a frequently worse service."
"Whether on housing, employment or public transport the fact is that Londoners are worse off under Boris Johnson."
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