Thomas Turrell AM - London Assembly Member for Bexley and Bromley

19/10/2026

🚲 TfL is taking over the licencing of e-bikes across London. This is good news for riders and means more consistency in the rules. But it's also a chance to fix the issues we've seen in many boroughs.

The London-wide licence must...

📍 use of technology to catch riders on pavement,
🪙 have a pricing structure which discourages bad behaviour and,
🚳 an opt-out for the Outer-London boroughs who don't currently allow e-bikes.

🎥 All points which I raised at the Transport Committee 👇

E-bike use is growing, and a new operators coming in the market. Li...

19/10/2026

The Government's plans to reduce the number of police forces in England and Wales could see the City of London Police merged with the Metropolitan Police.

The City of London Police have a real specialism in tackling fraud as well as economic and cyber crimes which could be weakened by a merger. It would also mean more demands on our already stretched Police in the rest of Greater London.

I raised these concerns at City Hall last week and welcome Sadiq Khan's response of also opposing this merger 👇

19/10/2026

🚏 Buses through Shortlands Village are on diversion this week week while Thames Water carry out works on Beckenham Lane 🚏

Details of diversions below 👇

Route 227 towards Crystal Palace:
From Tweedy Road junction with Widmore Road, ahead Kentish Way, right Masons Hill, left Westmoreland Road, right Hayes Lane, right Shortlands Road, left Bromley Road to normal line of route.

Route 227 towards Bromley North:
From Bromley Road junction with Shortlands Road, right Shortlands Road, left Hayes Lane, left Westmoreland Road, right Masons Hill, left Kentish Way then ahead to line of route.

Route 358 towards Crystal Palace:
From Masons Hill junction with Westmoreland Road, left Westmoreland Road, right Hayes Lane, ahead Hayes Lane to normal line of route


Route 358 towards Orpington:
From Hayes Lane junction with Shortlands Road, ahead Hayes Lane, left Westmoreland Road, right Masons Hill to normal line of route.

18/10/2026

Low officer morale means more officers leave the Met Police each year than join it.

We need to fix it.

That's why I challenged Sadiq Khan on this at City Hall 👀👇

16/10/2026

We can't keep waiting for our transport infrastructure to break before we fix it.

That's why I raised the issues on the District line, which are being raised by the Fix The District Line campaign, with Sadiq Khan at Mayors Question Time yesterday.

👀🎥👇

16/10/2026

We must urgently get to the bottom to TfL's failures with the A20. That's why I have called for a enquiry into their handling of it, but Sadiq Khan and the Department of Transport have refused.

This new evidence that has come to light only makes the case an enquiry stronger.

07/10/2026

Packed few days at Conservative Party Conference. I got to take part in some really interesting panels topics like...

🌳 the future of Conservatism,
📈 Turbocharging Growth and,
🥵 having housing that can cope with heatwaves.

A lot of fun all around!

30/09/2026

Sadiq Khan is coming for our Green Belt!

Instead of fixing the issues that stop developers from building and people from buying, he is lazily allowing a free for all to concrete over our precious green spaces.

We need to stop him. Sign our petition 🖋 stopthelondonplan.com

29/09/2026

At the recent Mayor's Question Time session at City Hall I paid tribute to our brave police officer and ambulance service for their swift response in Bromley.

24/09/2026

Had a great time earlier this month joining volunteers from Thames 21 at the Thames Road Wetlands in Bexley; helping to clean up the River Wansunt.

From dragon flies to water voles, the wetlands are an important hub of biodiversity and are looked after by a dedicated team of volunteers.

I enjoyed spending time with the team and learning more about what they do, and the new species of wildlife coming to the area.