This year began on a high with our New Year celebrations. The fireworks were truly magnificent and London was on the news all over the world. The turnout was impressive and it was the perfect start to a year which has been mostly extremely good for London. This year, I have focused on apprenticeships, accessibility [...]

With World AIDS Day coming to a close, my thoughts are with those that we have lost and my hopes lie with those who are working to end AIDS. Let this disease be stamped out once and for all! As a patron of the Hillingdon Aids Response Trust I felt it was only appropriate that [...]

I am extremely pleased to announce that over 1,700 people have volunteered to join the Mayor’s mentoring scheme. They have pledged to give up a few hours of their time each week to support, advise and become a positive role model for young black boys in the city. This is an encouraging result, showing the [...]

As the Deputy Mayor Of London I have endorsed a recent Review carried out by the London Borough of Hillingdon which calls for the regulation of the herbal high, Khat. I welcome its findings and I will make sure that it is considered by the Greater London Authority, the Mayor and that it is brought [...]

The UK now has its highest number of cases of HIV and AIDS ever, at over 85,000. Thanks to medical advances that have occurred over the past 10 years, those affected now live longer and 1 in 5 of those living with the disease are now over the age of 50.