Boris embarrassed over Rape Crisis vote loss
The London Assembly yesterday voted, by a large majority, to demand the Mayor of London delivers the £744,000 a year he promised to give to the beleaguered Rape Crisis network in his election manifesto.
A motion tabled by Green Assembly Member Jenny Jones, called on the Mayor to ensure his promised funding was delivered by the end of the year since ‘not a penny’ of funding has yet arrived at London’s only remaining centre, despite assurances by the Mayor, and that if other funders could not be found to plug the shortfall he should fulfil his commitment by paying the remaining £833,000 from his own budget.
Originally the Mayor was found to have only allowed for £233,000 to go to Rape Crisis but, under enormous pressure he then upped the figure to £1.4 million over three years, still a shortfall of £832,000 from his manifesto pledge.
All Conservative members voted against the motion which passed 14 to 9, calling it “cynical” and “party political”.
Matty Mitford, spokesperson for the Boris Keep Your Promise campaign says: “London’s elected representatives have spoken. Boris should keep his promise.”
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I love the irony of lefties complaining about election manifestos not being honoured.
Good result – though does this vote mean he will be forced to keep his promise?
i do love the way that any criticsm of boris at all, even over soemthing as serious as rape, is ‘party political’.
any chance the labour party will keep their promise of an election on the eu constitution (lisbon treaty)?
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