My visit to Bexleyheath this morning - as advertised below - was to attend a press conference held by Mayor Johnson to announce falls in bus-related crime at three transport hubs - Wood Green, Croydon West and Canning Town - where he'd installed teams on a trial basis. He also announced that 11 borough-based transport teams already deployed would now be "made permanent."
In relation to the latter, he didn't mention that they'd been brought in by Ken Livingstone in March. Tut tut, Mr Mayor. He did, though, disclose - under fierce questioning by me - that he'd traveled to Bexleyheath by car and, moreover, had decided against giving me a lift when he'd passed me labouring down the street from Bexleyheath train station. Shame!
My news report is here.
