WARWICK LIGHTFOOT: HELPING THE POLICE TO CUT CRIME AND ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR
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- A Mayor who wants to see a more politically accountable Metropolitan Police and a fundamental review of police training, recruitment, promotion, management and incentives.
- A Mayor who expects to see more police on the beat, an improvement in detection rates on the current 18 per cent and more criminals caught and punished.
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WARWICK LIGHTFOOT: MAKING LONDON SAFER |
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- Working with London’s diverse communities to unite against extremists.
- Supporting the Police in protecting London against terrorism.
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WARWICK LIGHTFOOT: GETTING LONDONER'S VALUE FOR THEIR MONEY |
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- A Mayor who will make it a top priority to get value for money from the Mayor’s Budget. This has trebled from £3.7billion to £9.6 billion since 2001.
- A Mayor who will hold down the Council Tax precept that has more than doubled under Ken Livingstone from £140 to £288.
- A Mayor who will reform City Hall by ceasing to duplicate work already done by the London Boroughs.
- A Mayor who will reduce waste by starting with a zero budget base.
- A Mayor who will reform London’s public services and ensure that they are competently and professionally managed in order to provide better value for money.
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WARWICK LIGHTFOOT: COMMITTED TO BETTER QUALITY PUBLIC TRANSPORT |
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- A Mayor who will expect Transport for London to manage its employee relations more professionally in order to tackle strikes and threatened stoppages on the Underground. This may need a review of the framework of law on employee relations in essential public services.
- We need better value for money from the investment in the underground and real results. So far we have little to show for the billions of pounds spent.
- We need a better quality bus service. We need to bring back conductors, we need proper ventilation on buses and drivers who drive more safely and with greater consideration for their passengers.
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WARWICK LIGHTFOOT: CLEANING AND GREENING LONDON |
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We need a greener more energy efficient London.
- We need to plant more trees and to lay out more parks and playgrounds.
- We need local waste management polices that encourage recycling.
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WARWICK LIGHTFOOT: LONDON'S OLYMPIC GAMES |
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- The Olympic Games should ‘showcase’ London to the world.
- The legacy of the Olympic Games should be a an Olympic village that Londoners will be able to use in the future and will be proud of when the games are over.
- The Olympic legacy should include better sports facilities and swimming pools throughout London so that we have a fitter, more active and healthier London.
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WARWICK LIGHTFOOT: DELIVERING MORE JOBS AND GREATER OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVERYONE |
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- A Mayor who understands how to create wealth and jobs in London.
- A Mayor who will tackle London’s slow employment growth and focus on ensuring that local communities do not get left behind and trapped in poverty and unemployment.
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WARWICK LIGHTFOOT: PROMOTING LONDON'S SUCCESSFUL FINANCIAL MARKETS |
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- London’s financial markets are the key to the success of the London economy.
- We need a mayor who understands London’s financial markets and will work to promote them with the private sector and the Corporation of London.
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WARWICK LIGHTFOOT: A MAYOR FOR ALL POSTCODES WHO WILL WORK WITH EVERYONE FOR LONDON |
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- We need a mayor who will work with the London Boroughs not against the London Boroughs.
- We need an advisory senate of London Boroughs Leaders.
- A Mayor who will work together with everyone in the interest of all Londoners.
- We need better policies to protect and develop the suburban communities in outer London. There needs to be better use of suburban stations and better orbital bus routes in outer London.
- We need to protect neighbourhood shops and maintain diverse shopping and retail centres.
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