Assembly Member press releases

• Publication date: 18/09/20

Unmesh Desai AM backs Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) call to Government not to scrap free travel for 11-17 year olds.

• Publication date: 18/09/20

Mayor of London agrees with Unmesh Desai AM that Government must urgently fund "Covid Marshals" previously announced.

• Publication date: 18/09/20

Assembly Member urges Government to rethink scrapping free Under-18s travel as young people and parents speak out

• Publication date: 18/09/20

Joanne urges Government to rethink scrapping free Under-18s travel as young people and parents speak out

• Publication date: 17/09/20

The Mayor refused to be drawn on whether he was working on plans to bring in a London-wide road pricing scheme

• Publication date: 17/09/20

The Mayor cautiously agreed with Sian Berry AM today that a universal basic income was ‘worth exploring’

• Publication date: 16/09/20

The Mayor has committed Londoners to paying £65 million a year for a quarter of a century for the Silvertown Road Tunnel

• Publication date: 15/09/20

Murad Qureshi AM comments on data showing a record number of City Hall-backed affordable homes were started last year.

• Publication date: 15/09/20

Rough sleeping in Barnet almost doubles

• Publication date: 14/09/20

Rough sleeping in Tower Hamlets rose by 45% between April 2019 and March 2020, new figures from the GLA reveal.

• Publication date: 14/09/20

Rough sleeping in Newham rose by 18% between April 2019 and March 2020, new figures from the GLA reveal.

• Publication date: 14/09/20

Rough sleeping in Barking & Dagenham rose by 73% between April 2019 and March 2020, new figures from the GLA reveal.

• Publication date: 10/09/20

Unmesh Desai AM joined a ‘People’s Assembly’ teleconference on Monday to speak out against redundancies at UEL.

• Publication date: 10/09/20

Only a handful of the 400 new school streets announced this summer are actually open, admitted the Deputy Mayor today.

• Publication date: 07/09/20

Unmesh Desai AM visited the food bank at St Matthew’s Church to discuss the pressures its volunteers have been under.

• Publication date: 04/09/20

The London Assembly calls on the Mayor to campaign against the Government's plan for removal of TfL Zip cards

• Publication date: 04/09/20

Covid-19 has led to a low uptake of Cervical Cancer screenings (or smear tests) among BAME women.