London Labour Party

30 April 2010

Mid Term report on Boris Johnson: ‘Tory Mayor shows how damaging a Tory Government would be’ 

Mid-term in Boris Johnson’s mayoralty, London Labour today published ten examples of how Boris Johnson’s administration is letting Londoners down. 

Labour’s London Minister Tessa Jowell said Boris Johnson’s decisions to cut police numbers, failure to guarantee frontline services and hikes in costs like bus fares were a clear indication of the way a Conservative government would act. 

Tomorrow (May 1^st) is the second anniversary of the 2008 London mayoral election. 

Labour’s London Minister Tessa Jowell said: 
"Boris Johnson is the most senior elected Tory in the country and his decisions are a pointer to what a Conservative Government under David Cameron and George Osborne would be like. 

“Exactly half way into Boris Johnson's mayoralty people are rightly now turning to his record in office, which is fewer police, no guarantee about the future of our local police teams, above-inflation fare increases with a single bus fare up by a third, and a failure to get David Cameron to commit to completing Crossrail. 

"Boris Johnson shows that the Conservatives cannot be trusted" 

Len Duvall AM , leader of the Labour group on the London Assembly, said: 
"Anyone wavering about who to vote for only needs to look at Boris Johnson's two years in charge of London. His Tory administration has put fares up for hard working Londoners but campaigned for bankers and against higher taxes for the very wealthiest. 

"Their presentation may have improved, but London shows the nasty party is alive and well." 

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Read more about Boris Johnson's failures here.