Caroline's news

Caroline Pidgeon has challenged Sadiq Khan to take a seat on Transport for London's remuneration committee and take ownership of preventing issues like the £50m spent on severance payments to departing staff last year.

Unlike the previous mayors, he has refused to join the committee.

Caroline said:

“The mayor of London is ultimately in charge of Transport for London yet Sadiq Khan has adopted a strange trick of distancing himself from the organisation when it conveniently suits his political needs.

In the final stage of the Southwark council elections, the Liberal Democrat candidates won all three seats in the London Bridge & West Bermondsey ward. Caroline congratulated councillors Humaira Ali, William Houngbo and Damian O'Brien.

"This was a wonderful campaign with a fabulous team, and a great result" said Caroline.

As the result of the Lewisham East by-election was announced, Caroline congratulated Lib Dem candidate Lucy Salek, and everyone who worked hard campaigning for her, for a strongly pro-European campaign and aresult which saw Lucy achieve the largest swing against a Labour opposition since 1983.

As a number of fundamental issues remain unresolved with expansion, like noise and essential surface transport improvements, the London Assembly has agreed a unanimous motion asserting its opposition to the expansion of Heathrow Airport.

Caroline Pidgeon AM, who proposed the motion, said:

Caroline Pidgeon's questioning of the Mayor has revealed that the long-awaited launch of electric trains on the Gospel Oak to Barking Overground route has been delayed yet again.

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