The Labour Party : Manifesto

Greater London Authority

Elections April 2015

Our Mayor Candidate

The Rt. Hon. Dr. Paul Kensington – (MightyCato)

• Former Labour Secretary of State for Transport (x2), Secretary of State for Immigration and Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.

• Former Member of Parliament (x3)

• Former Chair of the Electoral Commission

• Former Metropolitan Police Service officer : from PCSO to Commissioner

• Previous Labour Mayor Candidate

Message from the Mayor Candidate

London is probably the best city in the RO-nation community. There’s no other

place like it. But why doesn’t it have a devolved authority with the ability to

make changes to the city? Because a Labour government isn’t in place. It’s

been too long since London has had a full assembly who get a say in the way

the greatest city works. This is about to change.

I urge you to vote for a Labour Mayor and Labour London Assembly members

in the upcoming Greater London Authority elections. Why? Hopefully this

manifesto will explain things to you. Cause under a Labour government, YOU

will get a say in the way YOUR city works. And that’s my pledge to you.

-Paul Kensington

Labour’s Devolution to London

• A Labour government WILL to devolve powers to the Greater London Authority.

• This will give the Mayor and the Assembly powers over transport, tourism, development and policing.

• Even better, the elected London Assembly we will introduce will be able to debate and draft your ideas.

The Greater London Authority

• The Greater London Authority (GLA) is the executive body that oversees London.

• Under a Labour Government, it will compose of 4 main bodies:

- The Mayor of London

- The London Assembly (LA)

- Transport for London (TfL)

- The London Development Agency (LDA)

• The GLA should be given a City Hall south of the Thames on the outskirts of the city, which would regenerate the area. To raise employment we will allow the security service of G4S to guard this building, as they currently have no operations within the city.

• City Hall would allow members of the London Assembly to hold sessions and it would allow the people of London to find out what goes on in the world of city politics.

The Mayor of London

• The Mayor of London will be the head of

the Greater London Authority.

• They will be responsible for the running of

the city, as well as the proposal of new

plans and ideas.

• The Mayor will be elected prior to the

London Assembly election but after the

General Election.

The London Assembly

• After the Mayor elections, the people of the UK will be able to vote for 20 elected Assembly Members.

• The LA is the Greater London Authority’s version of Parliament – the elected members will be able to draft ideas and scrutinise the Mayor’s plans.

• Each party will have to select as many LA candidates as they desire, and during the election they will be given seats for the percentage of the vote they got.

• The Assembly will hold weekly meetings to discuss issues surrounding the city and draft plans to pass onto the Mayor.

• They will also participate in the Mayor’s Question Time, which will be a common event. This will be their chance to scrutinize the Mayor and his plans.

• Within the Assembly a Chair and Deputy Chair will be selected. These will host the Assembly meetings and chair them to ensure that all runs well.

Transport for London

• The Labour GLA will have a great push on transportation in the city, an issue which no government has managed to successfully implement before.

• Transport for London will be re-instated and re-launched under the GLA. It will have close relationships with the Mayor and the Transport Secretary.

• TfL will be given a Chairman and a Deputy Chairman who will run the body and make sure that the transport system across London is working and successful.

• For more information on TfL read on to find our Transport plans.

• TfL will be answerable to the Mayor.

London Development Agency

• London is more popular than ever, and it is constantly

expanding.

• We believe that to further develop the city a London

Development Agency would be beneficial.

• The LDA would compose of some of the best builders,

scripters and developers who volunteer to add new

features to the city. This (if consented) would be led by

JamesWellesly.

Business & Economy

• For so long there has been talk of London becoming the financial capital of the world,

and the creation of a financial district to house people’s businesses and companies.

• Under a Labour GLA, this dream would come true.

• We aim to create a Canary Wharf financial district in the south east of the city, and re-

generate the derelict land.

• A financial district would bring more money into the economy through people renting

out stores, more visits to London from business employees and by people wanting to

come see and shop at our newest attraction.

• If there are businesses in London then even more businesses will want to come and

compete for our stores!

• Our Canary Wharf area can be placed in it’s real life location, as the area surrounding

it is vacant and simply plain land!

• We also want citizens to set up their own businesses in smaller shops. The smaller

the premises, the lower the price. A monthly rent of a small amount of ROBUX (10-30

at the most) would mean that ordinary people would have the greatest city as a place

to start off their career!

Extract from the General Election

Manifesto“Businesses:

London has only a few businesses. With Labour, We want to encourage more companies to have their flagship store in London. We would also like for companies to have their corporate headquarters located in London. Business will need to apply to Companies for a licence to trade in the UK.Under a Labour Government, Labour would:

• Encourage more companies to have their flagship store in London• Create Companies house to give licences to businesses• Hold businesses fairs to allow companies to advertise their brands• Give licences to companies to trade in the UK”

Crime and Policing

• London houses the only civilian police force in the nation : the Metropolitan Police Service.

• This iconic force is currently controlled purely by the Home Office and HM Government. Labour believes that power should be devolved to the Greater London Authority; after all, they are policing the streets of the city.

• We aim to introduce the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime, which would be a functioning group which oversees the operations of the force and scrutinizes the work of the Commissioner.

• The Office would compose of various people from around the nation who are considered knowledgeable in the field of policing and crime.

• The Metropolitan Police should be given a fully functioning fleet of vehicles and a station, developed by the LDA to reduce lag. This was used previously, but was removed when the Lib Dems left power. A Labour GLA would reinstate this.

• Having a jail in the MoD is neither practical or efficient. We would remove the jail from the MoD, so all law enforcement agencies can access it. This could be placed on the outskirts of the city as a jail, and G4S or a newly formed H.M. Prison Service could guard it. This would create many jobs and would bring more people to the city.

• The time people spend in jail should be increased to 15 minutes. This would act as a deterrent, as people tend to re-offend. A longer time would also persuade offenders not to commit an offence again and put people who plan to offend off.

Extract from our General Election

Manifesto“Crime and Policing:

Law Enforcement: is a very important asset in the United Kingdom. Our law enforcement can

sometimes abuse their powers. The Labour party has a plan to rectify it. The Labour Government

plans on setting up the Complaints Commission, in order to review complaints from citizens.

The Labour government will set up a Complaints Commission which will be led by the Complaints

Commissioner. The Complaints Commissioner and the Secretary of State for the Home

Department will make a “complaint form” which should be sent to the CC. It will provide space for

evidence to be given and in the event of it being a serious event, a court prosecution may happen.

Under a Labour Government, Labour would:

•Set up a Complaints Commission which will be led by the Complaints Commissioner

•Open sub-departments for the Metropolitan Police

•Give Law enforcement department more equipment to help them with their everyday needs.

•Create a central database to help the police keep up to date on criminals in the UK

•Create a code of ethics for the police to follow

•Hand over control of policing to the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime

•Prevent excessive reforms which doesn't make the stability of the MET any better”

Transport

• Labour will re-open Transport for London,

and introduce a wide range of services to the

city.

• We hope to successfully introduce many

various schemes to get people moving

around the city.

• Transport for London should be given a depot

and a team on the outskirts of the city, which

should hopefully regenerate

The Transportation Problem

• We have found that people do not get to

see other areas of the city because of poor

transport.

• Labour plans to increase the

transportation systems of the city, making

other areas easily accessible and in the

long term regenerating the empty areas of

London.

Transport for London: Buses• We aim to introduce easy to operate, low lag, simple buses

to the city, similar to the ones we have used before.

• The introduction of buses to London would move people

around the city so they can explore areas that they have

never seen before. This will regenerate deprived areas,

especially on the outskirts of the city.

• We vow to create over 20 new jobs for British citizens under

the role of bus drivers.

• Bus drivers will under go high quality training before being

qualified to drive on the roads of the city.

• We will plan bus routes with access to popular areas which

are both practical and enjoyable.

• We also hope to allow advertising on the sides of the iconic

buses which will bring money into the London economy.

• To ensure that our buses do not create lag, we will choose a

simple but practical design which is easy to drive. We will

also make sure that not too many buses are placed in the

city.

Transport for London : Taxis

• Taxis will create over 20 new jobs in the form of taxi drivers.

• Taxis allow a more personal and private mode of transport, and the iconic black cabs will be a tourist attraction.

• Taxis are also an alternative mode of transport to buses, and will allow people to get to their chosen destination within a smaller amount of time.

• TfL will work with the London Development Agency and the Department for Transport to create low lag, easy to drive and functional black cabs.

Transport for London: Cycle

• The introduction of bicycles to London was discussed under the Lib Dem government, but was never developed or implemented.

• Labour will develop bicycle tools for cheap prices that will allow faster transport across the city.

• As these are tools we hope that no lag will be created.

Transport for London : The London

Underground• Recently the London Underground has became a topic

of discussion within the nation.

• We hope to introduce the old LU system which allows people to teleport from station to station, and then access the area round.

• The old system was virtually lag free, a tourist attraction and an iconic part of the city.

• A Labour poll found that 40% of the nation are in favour of the Underground being re-introduced, 50% would be happy for it to be re-introduced if further developed and 10% were undecided.

• The LU would be examined by the London Development Agency before being introduced.

Transport for London : Streets

• Under his term as Transport Secretary, MightyCatodrafted a plan to add street signs to London and get people wandering about and exploring the city.

• Adding street names to London will make the city more detailed and realistic, as long as provide a sense of direction and location.

• It’d also point out where certain attractions are, so people can explore the city and see some of the great sites we have!

• Walking is currently the primary mode of transport in London – Labour will help develop it and make walking a more enjoyable activity.

Transport for London : Motor

vehicles• Access to cars in London needs to be improved!

• We want a city where civilians are free to have their own vehicle, but at the

same time abide by the rules of the road.

• To do this, we want to introduce a driver’s licence game pass, which will

allow citizens to be able to drive legally whilst contributing to the economy.

• This licence would be sold at a price of 100 tickets, meaning even NBC

members would be able to drive. Low priced items tend to sell better as

there is a wider market.

• To ensure that our cars do not create too much lag, we will work the LDA to

create efficient, easily driveable vehicles which can be spawned easily.

• We also aim to reduce by lag by scripting the vehicle spawns so that you

may only spawn one vehicle per licensed driver per server.

• Our car spawning points would be dotted around civilian spawns.

• The current use of Rotorcycle should stay, but we should look into providing

lower prices and increasing access to them.

Air Travel

• Air travel in London has always been a possibility, but has never been explored.

• We hope to bring the world of aviation to London in a similar way that has occurred over in Scotland.

• Adding an airport to the actual London game wouldn’t be practical, but Labour have an alternative:

• An airport building which could teleport you to an external [UK] game, based around the world of airports. This could include London City Airport and Heathrow Airport, which are iconic names.

• Airports would allow aviation businesses to come to the UK and set up branches which would increase business presence in the nation, and generate money for the economy through reasonable operating costs and ticket sales.

• The possibility of airports would be reviewed by the GLA, TfL and HM Government.

Culture, Media and Sport

• London will be the city of culture under a Labour GLA.

• The BBC would be given a Broadcasting House from where they could host shows and report the news. Other media companies will be able to buy shops from where they could operate.

• London should also home a smaller version of Buckingham Palace. This will be a popular tourist attraction, and would provide more interesting work for both the BAF and law enforcement agencies to do. It’s also find a place to house the royal family during large events.

• London needs more public events! These bring in more people to the city, which brings tickets and more members. It also makes the nation more fun. So far we’ve experienced Remembrance Sunday, however we need a wider range of things to occur. This may include the Trooping of the Colour, the Changing of the Guard and a London Marrithon.

• This will promote British culture in London and the nation.

Tourism

• London receives thousands of visits weekly! This needs to remain at a sustainable rate!

• There are over 7,000 visits to the city weekly, and over 173K+ so far!

• To make sure London is a popular and well known city, we need to increase the amount of adverts we produce.

• We hope that tourism businesses can operate in the city, providing tours and trips around London. This will make the city more popular and promote British business.

• We hope that including more tourist attractions to the city will increase the amount of visitors the city receives.

• In the future we will look into giving privileges to well behaved citizens, which could include one day access to certain sights. However, this is just a starting point.

Public Safety

• The safety of our citizens whilst at London is a huge concern to the Labour Party.

• In a Labour London, there will be vehicles travelling on roads and the city will be much livelier.

• We aim to keep the public safe by setting up a London Fore Brigade. A similar service has been launched in Scotland and the Republic of Ireland. This will create jobs and keep London safer as they may respond to a wide range of incidents – road traffic collisions to exploded vehicles.

• The LFB – as it is abbreviated to – would also bring in money through the form of uniforms.

• The LFB would also be given a station and vehicles to help them increase response time and give them a place to spawn and work.

• The LFB may also act as a medical response, healing the wounded who have been involved in incidents.

• This service would promote teamwork and good citizenship within the city and wider British community.

Housing

• Housing was started in London but never really took off due to the lack of support.

• A Labour GLA would ensure that smaller, low lag houses are added to popular locations for reasonable prices.

• Housing will bring more people to the city, as they will visit more frequently if they own a part of it.

• Housing in the centre of London would be more expensive than housing on the outskirts of the city, due to the popular location. Housing outside the centre would regenerate the area and expand the city.

Services in London – the British

Armed Forces• We support the presence of the BAF in London, and want to

help this great service within the city.

• We will allow the BAF access to Buckingham Palace and the MoD. However, we wish to bring in a military base on the outskirts of the city, with training facilities for the forces.

• The BAF should be given a range of vehicles (developed by the LDA) which will allow them to assist other services in protecting the city and at the same developing their skills. This may range from tanks to armoured jeeps, with the possibility of boats on the Thames for the Royal Navy and versatile aircraft for the RAF.

• The BAF does a very good job at London, and Labour would like to keep it that way by supporting their operations within the city.

Services in London - Intelligence

• MI5 and MI6 play an essential role in keeping London safe. We would like to assist them in doing so.

• Both services should be given a building from which they can base themselves. This could be in the form of a riverside HQ, like in the real city.

• This would allow the services to have a place to plan operations and investigate their intelligence. It would also give them a place to house their gear and vehicles, which we will develop with the LDA.

Closing statement

As the mayor elections approach, you have a choice between a developed, flourishing

city brought to you by Labour GLA who know London like nobody else, or to continue

the city like it is now without any real development, brought to you by other parties.

As Mayor Candidate, I, MightyCato, personally PROMISE to the people of the UK that if I

am elected Mayor of London I will see to it that we attain the city we so desperately

need and deserve. Through my many months of work in the UK, I’ve got to know

London like no other candidate. Labour has brought together experienced members

from the past Greater London Authority and devised this manifesto with the people of

the nation in mind. Under our term in office, everything we do to the city shall be for

the greater good of the people. And we have a lot in mind.

So remember, it’s your vote - use it wisely. Vote for the party who knows London and

knows what a developing city needs. Vote for the party who can deliver the policies

they create. Vote for the party who can make a better city using the power of

democracy and politics. Vote Labour.

Thank you for reading. We hope we’ve managed to help you make the right decision.

This manifesto was brought to you through public opinion and the

combined effort of the Labour Party.

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Greater London Authority Elections April 2015

Mayor elections and London Assembly elections