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| March 18th | The Moscow Metro | |
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View One
"...it is unbeliveably affordable. .... It is also efficient: the trains run regularly and on time. At peak times, they arrive every two minutes. ... And it never breaks down. Never." View Two thetube.com - Russian Metro chiefs turn to Tube for advice on safety: LU's safety expert Jill Collis ... has no counterpart in the Russian Metro, which is still coming to terms with financial investment. |
"The GLA Assembly have voted for an £80m cut in the 2002 budget, giving a body-blow to Ken's attempts to improve public services. All parties except the Greens supported the cut.
"The equivalent of half-a-pint a week is being cut from Council taxes: will more than that have to be spent by individuals and authorities on the hassle of creaking public services and threats to the environment?"
In the end a compromise was secured (Guardian 13th Feb, GLA News Release 2002/080, GLA Budget Details).
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Penny wise pound foolish?
Contact Ken and your Assembly members
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Another Value for money issue
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PPP
Leaving our children the enormous burden which PPP aims to avoid for today's taxpayer? "The private finance initiative is rigged - and now we have a chance to stop it", writes George Monbiot (Guardian 22/01/02), "...[it] can be implemented only with the help of an anti-competitive process which leads inexorably to corruption."
Some links on PPP
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If you are contacting your local assembly member, don't forget to contact List members as well!
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BEXLEY & BROMLEY Bob Neill (Con) [email protected] CAMDEN & BARNET
CITY & EAST |
Your LIST MEMBERS: List members make up 11 of the 25 members and include all the Lib Dem and Green members. They are London-wide representatives for London-wide issues. Labour: Jennette Arnold ; Samantha Heath ; Trevor Phillips
Tory:
Eric Ollerenshaw
Lib Dem: Louise Bloom |