Caroline's news

Caroline Pidgeon AM, Liberal Democrat London Assembly Member, commenting on the severance payments set out in TfL’s Annual Report, and the decision of the Mayor of London to commission a review into notice periods and severance arrangements for senior staff across the GLA Group, said:

"Passengers will find these huge severance payments galling at a time when Tube reliability has been in decline and many bus services are being cut back.

Sadiq Khan has urged Greenwich Council ‘to do the right thing’ in relation to their controversial plans to give the go ahead to Enderby Wharf without any requirement to use non-polluting on-shore power.

Caroline joined a great team of Southwark Liberal Democrat campaigners to meet London Bridge and West Bermondsey residents on the doorstep, in the runup to the delayed local election on 14th June in the ward.

The Mayor of London has stood by his decision to cut in half the zero emission RV1 bus service, although after questioning by Liberal Democrat London Assembly Member Caroline Pidgeon he has admitted that the lack of advanced information given to passengers and local residents before the reduced service started was unacceptable.

Caroline was proud to be at the official unveiling on 24th April of the statue of Millicent Fawcett in Parliament Square, commemorating her fight for women's rights and especially the right to vote.

Caroline said:

This is a wonderful statue and the ceremony was moving and beautiful.