Sir Simon Milton

We are extremely saddened to hear that Sir Simon Milton, Deputy to the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, passed away in hospital yesterday.

FTF were invited to meet with Sir Simon at City Hall and found him willing to listen to residents concerns and a very courteous and polite individual.

Our thoughts are with his family and friends at this very sad time.

Newham & LCA Keep it in 'the family' - UPDATE - Cllr Alec Kellaway Looks After His Interests

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When Cllr Alec Kellaway wrote in to support London City Airport's growth - he strangely omitted to say that he owned over £25K of shares in WPP.

WPP is a subsidiary of Hill & Knowlton - the PR alledged mercenaries - who have reportedly been paid a six figure sum - to 'push the application through' by London City Airport.

We feel a Standards Board complaint coming on.

Now just fancy that!

Fight The Flights Goes To City Hall

Fight the Flights took the campaign to City Hall today. In a meeting which lasted almost two hours with Sir Simon Milton, Deputy Mayor and his colleagues, the real facts, and appalling behaviour of London City Airport and of the LB Newham towards residents was shared. A presentation was given to Sir Simon highlighting the key issues and failures of both parties concerned.

Issues such as the consistent breaches of noise and air monitoring, the 6 year delays on noise insulation by LCA and Newham failing to take any action to protect the communities were discussed alongside the issue of the flawed data presented in the application.

We didn't expect to change the Mayor's mind - but in the Mayor of London's eyes 120,000 flights is where it stops. In addition Sir Simon's officers will ensure that the Mayor of London's ambient noise strategy is adhered to and they have already taken steps towards meeting our request.