A London MP has slammed the government for not being open with residents that a third runway at Heathrow could mean just 6 or 4 hours a day respite from aircraft noise.

Alarming new figures from the Met Police have revealed that the number of children carrying knives in London schools has doubled in five years.

Caroline Pidgeon, Liberal Democrat Londonwide Assembly Member, commenting on today’s announcement that Cressida Dick has been appointed as the next Commissioner for the Metropolitan Police Service and the Met’s very first woman Commissioner said: “The Metropolitan Police was founded by Robert Peel who declared 188 years ago that the police are the public and the public are the police. Today it feels as if that principle is finally being put into practice with the capital at long last having a woman Commissioner.”

Liberal Democrat membership in London has nearly doubled since the EU referendum. We now have the most London members that we have ever had this century. 

Tube delays caused by overcrowding have soared in the last five years, new figures obtained by Caroline Pidgeon, Liberal Democrat London Assembly Member have revealed.

Tower Hamlets councillor Andrew Cregan has left the Labour Party to join the Liberal Democrats, citing Jeremy Corbyn's support for Conservative plans for Brexit.

Caroline Pidgeon, Liberal Democrat London Assembly Member, commenting on the announcement today that an interest-free loan scheme to help cover the up-front cost of childcare provision will be provided to parents in the GLA Group said:

“I am delighted that the Mayor has taken up and introduced this policy that I have long championed. 

Caroline Pidgeon, Liberal Democrat London Assembly Member, commenting on the unanimous Supreme Court ruling stating that bus companies will have to do more to accommodate wheelchair users, commented:

“I very much welcome this ruling.   A policy of simply requesting but not requiring wheelchair space to be allocated to wheelchair users is not acceptable. 

Caroline Pidgeon AM, Liberal Democrat London Assembly Member, commenting on the publication after much delay of the Garden Bridge Trust accounts said:

“Even advocates of the Garden Bridge with rose-tinted glasses will find these accounts incredibly concerning. The Trust has finally admitted what most people have long expected was the case -  that the final cost of the project is likely to increase substantially above the current £185 million predicted cost.