Tom Copley
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Tom was elected to the London Assembly as a London-wide list member in May 2012. He previously worked for the Searchlight Educational Trust (SET) – an anti-fascist, anti-racist charity that works with communities to fight racism and hatred. Tom is a member of Unite the Union, the Co-operative Party and the Fabian Society, and is a patron of LGBT Labour. Tom sits on the Economy, Transport and Housing & Regeneration Committees at the London Assembly, holding the Mayor to account on the issues that matter to Londoners.

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A 21st Century Scandal

(0) Comments | Posted November 27, 2012 | 8:45 AM

There is no more visible and tragic sign of the failure of housing policy than people sleeping rough on our streets. It is a scandal that in the twenty-first century, in one of the richest cities in the world, there are people still forced to sleep rough on London's streets.

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Right to Buy?

(1) Comments | Posted September 20, 2012 | 8:00 PM

If you asked a group of people to name one policy of Margaret Thatcher's government chances are that many would say right to buy. It is one of the most iconic and insidious policies of her eleven years in power, and its legacy still haunts us today.

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