A change for the better
The
Challenge
London is a wonderful, cosmopolitan
city with so much to offer. It is little wonder that so many come
to live and work here each year. But for all of London’s qualities,
life for those who live here is getting harder. Londoners feel less
safe on the streets as thuggish behaviour and violent crime
increase. Our transport system is choking, so that people spend
more of their precious day stuck on the way to work or home. It
costs more and more to live here, and taxpayers no longer get value
for money.
The Solution
London needs a new
Mayor. I put myself forward for this job because I have
the energy and fresh thinking to turn the tide on our problems with
crime, transport, housing and the local environment.
My plan to change London for
the better includes the following:
- Beef
up the police presence on our streets by
increasing police numbers and cutting red tape at the Metropolitan
Police Service
- Implement serious strategies on knife
and gun crime and arm the police with handheld weapon
scanners
- Crack
down on the culture of casual disorder that leads to more
serious crime, with live CCTV on buses and a community service
scheme for young people who abuse free travel
- Make
transport safer by putting more uniformed officers on
buses and station platforms
- Protect our green, open spaces
and encourage more recycling across the boroughs
- Scrap
the proposed £25 congestion charge and make the existing
system fairer and more flexible
- Work
in partnership with local councils to build the homes that
people want and can afford
- Stretch the taxpayer pound to
give Londoners more bang for their buck and axe the waste and
overspending at City Hall.
I am serious about making London safer,
protecting our green spaces and giving the taxpayer value for money
– and I have the ideas to do it. Now I need your help to get to
City Hall and make these things happen. Please come out to vote on
May 1st – the future of London depends on it.
Boris Johnson
County Hall, Riverside Building,
Belvedere Road, London, SE1 7PB
020 7202 7042
www.backboris.com