Murad Qureshi
News from Murad Qureshi AM: Mayor Boris Johnson “failing to deliver” on flagship home insulation programme
14 FEBRUARY 2012
London Assembly Member Murad Qureshi today slammed Mayor Boris Johnson for failing to meet his own paltry targets on insulating Londoner’s homes.
The criticism follows an announcement from the Mayor that only 40,000 properties have received insulation as part of the RE:NEW scheme. Originally 200,000 properties were to be retro-fitted, the Mayor then reduced this target to 55,000 by March 2012 and now it emerges that only 40,000 have been completed.
News from Murad Qureshi AM: Mayor's air quality plans "too little, too late"
3 JANUARY 2012
Labour London Assembly member Murad Qureshi today accused Boris Johnson of doing "too little, too late" for London's air quality as the Mayor trumpets his latest half-hearted policies in the face of a major public health disaster.
More than three years since he became Mayor, Boris Johnson is still tinkering at the edges of a growing public health issue. He has:
News from Murad Qureshi: Mayor’s environmental strategies are shortchanging Londoners
7 DECEMBER 2011
Labour Assembly Member Murad Qureshi has criticized the Mayor’s recently published environmental strategies for downgrading a number of their original targets.
Despite the Mayor nearing the end of his four year term and consultations starting in 2009/10, the Mayor’s Climate Change Adaptation, Climate Change Mitigation and Energy, Water, Municipal waste and Business waste strategies were only released this autumn with many key pledges revised or quietly dropped.
News from Murad Qureshi: Mayor's Business Waste Strategy rubbish for small business
22 NOVEMBER 2011
Labour Assembly Member Murad Qureshi has criticized the Mayor’s recently published Business Waste Strategy for failing to prioritize access to more local authority run waste facilities by small and medium sized businesses.
News from Murad Qureshi AM: Mayor's environment plans "too little, too late"
26 OCTOBER 2011
Labour London Assembly member Murad Qureshi today accused Boris Johnson of doing "too little, too late" for London's environment as the Mayor finally published his long-delayed plans to tackle climate change and secure water supplies.
News from Murad Qureshi: Mayor’s floating river park “blown out of the water”
8 SEPTEMBER 2011
After receiving little reassurance from the Mayor, Labour London Assembly member, Murad Qureshi, has written to the City of London Planners in the hope that plans for a floating river walk along the Thames will take serious account of a number of navigational concerns.
The Mayor announced plans to build a floating 12 metre wide river walk along the north bank of the river Thames between Blackfriars and the Tower of London in time for the Olympics next year.
News from Murad Qureshi AM: Mayor’s policies have taken us to the bottom of the table for clean air
7 SEPTEMBER 2011
Labour's environment spokesman on the London Assembly Murad Qureshi has blamed the Mayor for the capital’s appalling ranking for clean air.
An environmental report, the European SootFreeCities Ranking, ranked London fourth from bottom of a table of seventeen major European. London was graded “F” for its record on reducing soot emissions and helping improve air quality.
News from Murad Qureshi AM: Mayor's home energy programme slashed by three quarters
4 AUGUST 2011
Labour Assembly Member Murad Qureshi has criticized the Mayor’s latest home energy efficiency programme, which has been scaled back by nearly three quarters to target just 55,000 homes.
In 2009 the mayor promised his programme would treat 200,000 homes with easy energy efficiency measures like low energy lightbulbs, and offer advice and support for more complex things like roof insulation, but the new target is just 55,000 homes – or a mere 1.7% of London’s 3.3 million homes.
News from Murad Qureshi AM - London “holds its breath” as it awaits EU decision on the Mayor’s revised air quality plans
13 JUNE 2011
Labour's environment spokesman on the London Assembly Murad Qureshi warns that the Mayor’s revised air quality plan needs to be robust in order for London to have any chance of achieving cleaner air and avoiding the threat of massive EU fines.
News from Murad Qureshi
27 APRIL 2011
Mayor’s dust suppressant trial fails to keep London’s air clean
Labour's environment spokesman on the London Assembly Murad Qureshi calls on Mayor Boris Johnson to wake up to the fact that his dust suppressant scheme has failed to keep London’s air clean.
