Caroline Pidgeon has written to the Mayor asking him to ensure that the Enslaved Africans Memorial project, which the Royal Parks agreed would be placed in the Rose Garden at Hyde Park, is not put at risk.
Given the urgency of the situation, I would be grateful if you could investigate what steps can be taken to ensure that the memorial and wider educational aims of this charity are not put at risk...
As reports suggest that the Metropolitan Police is considering scrapping 1000 Police Community Support Officers working in London's neighbourhoods, Caroline Pidgeon has written to the Met's Commissioner expressing strong support for PCSOs:
Caroline Pidgeon has highlighted the danger to two million Londoners' right to vote, as the government rushes forward changes to electoral registration before the May 2016 London elections.
Caroline told the Evening Standard:
“The Government is blatantly ignoring the independent electoral commission in pursuit of narrow party advantage. It is a shameful abuse of power.
Caroline Pidgeon AM joined local Lib Dem by-election candidates Jenni Hollis and Derin Adebiyi out and about in the Wood Green area on Sunday 23rd August and Saturday 29th August in the rain and the sunshine.
The team are campaigning to clean up the local high street, limiting the number of betting shops and more support for local independent shops.
The Mayor of London has finally released information showing that Tube delays caused by overcrowding reached a five-year high during the financial year 2014/15.
The figures, obtained by Caroline Pidgeon AM, Liberal Democrat London Assembly transport spokesperson, also show a very worrying level of delays due to overcrowding on the Central, Jubilee, Northern and Victoria lines between April and June 2015.
Commenting on the latest figures, Caroline said: