Police
Will exercise the right to chair the MPA (Metropolitan Police Authority); replace stop-and-search forms with timesaving technology; provide local communities with New York-style crime maps to enable residents to hold police to account.
Gun and knife crime
Fund handheld scanners for Tube and rail stations
Sexual assault
Provide long-term funding for new Rape Crisis Centres.
Youth crime
Introduce Payback London, a scheme requiring under-18s who abuse their right to free bus travel to earn it back.
Transport
Reduce fare evasion by giving greater power to Revenue Protection Inspectors; launch a trial of live CCTV on 20 of the most dangerous bus routes in London. Replace bendy buses with modern Routemasters.
Ugliness
Will ensure affordable homes are aesthetically pleasing.
Press officers
By cutting down on publicity spending, Boris claims that he will release funding for about 440 extra PCSOs (police community support officers) and 50 more British Transport police officers.
Ken Livingston - Pledges
More of the same – oh dear!
Sunday, 16 March 2008
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