Sarah Teather, MP for Brent Central, this week welcomed constituents to Westminster, as part of the biggest ever British campaign to tackle world hunger. The 'Enough Food for Everyone IF' campaign is a coalition of over 200 charities demanding that world leaders assembling for the G8 meeting next month in Northern Ireland take action to end world hunger.
Sarah Teather met with Sister Alexine Alexander and five of her fellow Sisters, who live in Cricklewood, when they visited Parliament on Wednesday 15th May to discuss the IF campaign. The visit was part of an event organised by CAFOD, the Catholic aid agency, for whom Sister Alexine is a campaigner.
The loss of 12 fire stations and 18 fire engines is totally unacceptable claim the Liberal Democrat Group on the London Assembly.
In a formal response to the London Fire Brigade's consultation on the draft London Safety Plan they repeat their opposition to the loss of fire stations and engines across London, highlighting how it will lead to increased responses times for many Londoners.
Islington Council bosses have spent £30,000 this month on banners for street lights promoting the borough's 20mph speed limit.
The council introduced the 20mph speed limit on all side roads across Islington in 2010. This was then extended to include the borough's main roads. The council has already spent £12,740 this year on painting roundels on to the surface of main roads to alert drivers that they are entering and driving in a 20mph borough.
Local MP, Tom Brake has joined forces with actress Lynda Bellingham, to recognise the contribution that carers in Carshalton and Wallington make on a daily basis.
To celebrate the launch of the national awareness campaign, Carers Week 2013, Tom has pledged his support to carers across Carshalton and Wallington.
Tom Brake MP for Carshalton and Wallington joined campaigners to call for an end to converting food crops to fuel for our cars.
ActionAid has collected thousands of petition signatures from around the UK on symbolic 'grains of wheat', which were combined to create a 'field' of wheat outside the Houses of Parliament on Tuesday 14 May.
There's a great deal of crowing from Labour about the 85 older person's flats being created in a clutch of uber-trendy residential towers designed by must-have architect Foster & Partners on the Albert Embankment. Each swanky apartment has a generous and sinuous balcony and some of the best riverside views in London. What's not to like?
Stephen Knight, Liberal Democrat London Assembly budget spokesperson, commenting on the London Finance Commission report published today:
"I welcome this report as it sets out a number of practical proposals for moving away from the current centralised system where the Exchequer redistribute nearly all of the taxation paid in London.
