From the Manifesto booklet
Ken Livingstone - Standing up for London
- continue recovery from two decades of neglect under the Conservatives
- continue the programme of increased neighbourhood policing
- cut crime and make streets, parks and public transport safer
- continue reducing traffic congestion by extending the Congestion Charge Zone
- extend improvements in bus services and delivering similar improvements to the rest of the transport system
- improve transport in outer London with better buses and new tram lines
- run the Tube later every Friday and Saturday night with a free service on New Year's Eve
- work with government and voluntary sector with a long-term aim that all parents have access to high quality, affordable childcare.
- build 30,000 new homes a year and continue providing affordable housing
- tackle air pollution, making London a Low Emission Zone with rigorous pollution standards for lorries, buses, coaches and taxis.
- provide free bus travel to under-18s in full-time education
- bring the Olympic Games to London in 2012
Steve Norris - For a Safer London
- cut crime, particularly street crime, vandalism and graffiti
- put more police officers on patrol rather than in cars or offices
- encourage "zero tolerance" for minor crimes like graffiti, vandalism and public drunkenness
- increase share of police officers assigned to outer London
- double funding of youth projects
- launch a New York-style ‘CompStat’ system to target and manage crime more effectively
- introduce free school buses for children at primary schools to cut congestion
- abolish the congestion charge
- run London Underground until 3am at weekends, install air conditioning and provide security guards at night
Simon Hughes - A New Mayor for a Greater London
- make London safer, easier and more liveable
- make London cleaner and greener
- continue and improve community policing
- improve public transport
- run the tube late for three nights per week
- make stations safer
- challenge the Labour government on Council Tax, the war in Iraq and student fees
- provide a strong voice for London, putting Londoners' security and safety first
Kellie Maloney - Stop the career politicians
- increase the number of police officers, decrease the amount of political correctness in policing and support victims of crime
- abolish the congestion charge, oppose speed cameras and speed humps
- create a 24-hour transport system and extend the London Underground to South East London
- put more conductors on buses and provide free bus travel for under- 18s on the way to school
- stop selling school playing fields, increasing funding for youth clubs and fund competitive sports for young people, including a London youth games
- fund mayoral scholarships for disadvantaged children to go to university
- allow business to open for 24 hours, and give assistance to businesses in deprived areas
- preserve and encourage all London's street markets
- celebrate St George's Day with an annual parade
- support the 2012 Olympic bid and other international events, marketing London internationally
- reduce the Mayor's take of Council tax
- abolish the GLA
- campaign for a higher state pension and tighter immigration controls
- provide more affordable homes for young British people and regenerate council estates
Lindsey German - Londoners deserve Respect
- fight racism and discrimination
- oppose privatisation
- ensure a minimum wage in London of £7.40 per hours and London Weighting of £4,000 per annum
- scrap council tax
- reduce cost of public transport, limit tube fare to £1.00
- campaign for social justice and pension linked to earnings
- campaign against the war in Iraq and student fees
Julian Leppert
- scrap the bid for the 2012 Olympic Games, due to expense, pressure on transport and policing, and London's track record of failing on prestige projects
- oppose further immigration, and the presence of asylum seekers in capital, as they are actually economic migrants
- reduce cost of housing and pressure for new homes by ending immigration
- increase wages in London by ending immigration
- provide two new orbital rail lines, or possibly a tram line
- abolish the congestion charge
- undertake a prestige project to build a new airport on an artificial island in the Thames Estuary with a high-speed rail link to central London, rather than extending Heathrow
- promote St George's Day
Darren Johnson - Quality Life, Quality London
- reduce traffic by expanding the congestion charge
- provide an integrated transport system that is reliable, safe and publicly owned
- reduce speed limits
- provide better cycling facilities and safe pedestrian routes for every school,
- oppose privatisation and cutbacks
- protect parks, playing fields and open spaces and create 1,000 new allotment plots.
- work for Londoners, not big business
- work for an affordable London with action to end poverty, and end homelessness and poor housing with a new Housing for London Authority
- create jobs in green and creative industries, and in manufacturing
- work to breathe life into local economies and local shopping parades and high streets, and ensure provision of local services within walking distance
- put an end all forms of racism, sexism and homophobia
- make London safer by tackling fear, crime and its causes
- make solar panels compulsory for all new developments, expanding recycling and end incineration
- protect animal rights, wildlife and habitats
- press for an Air Traffic Congestion Charge, and an end to airport expansion and night flights
Ram Gidoomal
- deliver competence and accountability
- make London safer
- restore public confidence in the police and legal system
- ensure that new schools have a Christian or other faith-based foundation
- establish a £500 million London Regeneration Fund to bring new life and jobs to the capital.
- tackle the divide between rich and poor
- ensure London has a coherent, integrated transport system:
- bring Christian values of justice, integrity, compassion and reconciliation to London
- celebrate diversity as a source of strength
- be independent and not waste money
Lorna Reid - We live here too!
- give a political voice to the working class in London
- make the police answerable to local communities
- actively support local communities in tackling anti-social behaviour
- increase investment in youth projects facilities for young people
- increase investment in council housing, increase number of quality affordable homes
- abolish council tax in favour of a local income tax
- ensure a minimum wage of £7.32 for workers in London
- provide a publicly financed and accountable transport system and other public services
- oppose privatisation
- secure extra provision from central government to fund increased demand on local resources from immigration
- ensure regeneration schemes provide decent homes, jobs, and opportunities for everyone.
- tackle the lack of affordable child care and the failing education system
Tammy Nagalingam
- review and make changes to all aspects of public transport and provide best value for money to all
- limit Congestion charging to between 7 am and 9.30 am, and raise revenue by other means
- ban big lorries from central London between 6 am and 6 pm
- persuade councils not to have too many one way systems and too many road ramps in smaller roads, and sort out problems with bus lane and double yellow lines
- see that the environment does not cause health hazards
- help Borough councils on public health matters, saving the NHS money and cleaning-up the city
- donate 50% of the Mayor's salary to improve public and environmental health
- provide sufficient funds for recruiting and training police officers
- provide better street lighting in alley-ways and corners of trouble spots, and get councils to provide CCTV in problem council estates and other problem areas
- celebrate St George's Day in Hyde Park
- support the 2012 Olympics bid
- liaise with other organisations
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