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Inside City Hall

Inside City Hall

By: Neil Garratt and Emma Best
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Fortnightly news from London's City Hall and discussion of the issues affecting London. Hosted by Conservative London Assembly Members Neil Garratt and Emma Best.Neil Garratt and Emma Best Political Science Politics & Government
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  • The end of the black cab? Plus the Mayor's "ambitious" net zero plans, phone and bike theft, and the axing of the cyber crime helpline.
    Mar 26 2025

    Season 3, Episode 4

    On Inside City Hall this episode, London Assembly Members Neil Garratt and Emma Best discuss:

    Waste of the Week: TfL union facility time
    Mayor axes cyber crime helpline. A trivial saving, an important service lost.
    Mobile phone and bike theft missing from Mayor's Draft Police and Crime Plan.
    Net Zero. The Mayor's completely unrealistic "ambitious" Net Zero by 2030 plan.
    The W14 bus that doesn't quite go to Whipps Cross hospital.
    Black Cabs: twenty years until the London black cab is no more.

    Do you have a question for us?

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    @NeilGarratt

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    Emma.Best@London.gov.uk

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    Or the City Hall Conservatives on YouTube

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    16 mins
  • Budget week: police numbers, potholes, grooming gang enquiry, phone theft and bike theft, night life, and why Mayor Khan needs a new strategy
    Mar 21 2025


    Season 3, Episode 4

    On Inside City Hall this episode, London Assembly Members Neil Garratt and Emma Best discuss:


    Waste of the Week (0:57): pub quiz question, how many Deputy Mayors does London have?

    Conservative Budget Amendment (3:50): Police funding, police officers v staff, phone and bike theft, night life prosperity fund, pot hole fund, London investigation into child grooming,

    Tech issues (18:02): For the biggest meeting of the year, none of the mics in City Hall's Chamber were working, and the live stream wasn't working. City Hall's lengthy saga of IT and tech problems.

    People's Question Time (21:30): in Haringey. Thanks to the Mayor making the location secret, the public are staying away. Who would have guessed?

    Rachel Reeves doesn't mention London (28:45): recalling last year's national Labour budget following the election, and the strains of the Labour Mayor Khan finding his new post-election place in the new Labour pecking order. Nationalised rail? Rent control? What will the Mayor's strategy be now he can no longer blame everything on the government?

    Do you have a question for us?

    Tweet us:

    @NeilGarratt

    @EmmaBest22

    Email us:

    Neil.Garratt@London.gov.uk

    Emma.Best@London.gov.uk

    Need more City Hall news?

    Try:

    Neil's City Hall Diary on substack

    City Hall Conservatives on substack

    Or the City Hall Conservatives on YouTube

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    36 mins
  • LIVE - Tackling London's Theft Epidemic, our live launch event with Chris Philp MP and Dr Lawrence Newport
    Feb 17 2025

    Welcome to Inside City Hall series 3 episode 3

    This special episode is all about Tackling London's Theft Epidemic, especially mobile phones and bikes.

    The rest of this episode consists of the full as-live recording of our launch event in City Hall from last Tuesday, for those who weren't able to attend in person.

    You'll hear me introduce the event, launching my new report.

    Then Dr Lawrence Newport (10:58) independent researcher and founder of the Crush Crime campaign.
    Then you'll hear from Chris Philp MP (21:15) the Shadow Home Secretary.

    Finally we go to a Q&A with the audience (31:49) and some fascinating discussion and answers.

    I hope you enjoy it and I hope to see you at our next City Hall event.

    Don't forget to like Inside City Hall, follow or subscribe on your podcast app, and leave us a review as it helps other people to find the podcast.

    Read the report: TACKLING LONDON'S THEFT EPIDEMIC: CITY HALL CONSERVATIVES LEADER JOINED BY SHADOW HOME SECRETARY AND CRUSH CRIME FOUNDER

    Crush Crime: Petition - Crush Crime

    Do you have a question for us?

    Tweet us:

    @NeilGarratt

    @EmmaBest22

    Email us:

    Neil.Garratt@London.gov.uk

    Emma.Best@London.gov.uk

    Need more City Hall news?

    Try:

    Neil's City Hall Diary on substack

    City Hall Conservatives on substack

    Or the City Hall Conservatives on YouTube

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    52 mins

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