http://www.deedoocey.co.uk/articlearchive.php Recent Press Articles from Dee Doocey en-GB Dee Doocey http://www.deedoocey.co.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2010 Dee Doocey 2010-07-30T00:35+01:00 United Kingdom http://www.deedoocey.co.uk/articles/000029/keeping_boris_in_check_will_be_a_tough_task_for_dee.html LONDON Mayor Boris Johnson will receive an unexpected lesson in Irishness in his City Hall home over the coming year, according to the newly-appointed chair of the London Assembly, Liberal Democrat Dee Doocey. 2010-05-24T11:00+01:00 http://www.deedoocey.co.uk/articles/000028/a_legacy_for_all.html How can we get best value from the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games? The £9.35 billion price tag would be eye-watering at the best of times. In an economic crisis, the question is even more pertinent. 2009-10-26T00:00+00:00 http://www.deedoocey.co.uk/articles/000027/london_2012_is_falling_short_on_regeneration_legacy.html The 2012 Olympic Games in London will cost an eye-watering £9.35 billion. Is it worth it? Certainly not if we only get a six-week sporting spectacular. But if this money is invested with an eye for the long term then the benefits will be enormous. 2009-09-11T10:12+01:00 http://www.deedoocey.co.uk/articles/000026/tour_of_the_olympic_park__january_2009.html Tour of the Olympic Park - January 2009 2009-02-09T09:17+00:00 http://www.deedoocey.co.uk/articles/000025/news_from_dee_doocey_at_the_london_assembly__christmas_2008.html News from Dee Doocey at the London Assembly - Christmas 2008 2008-12-16T09:22+00:00 http://www.deedoocey.co.uk/articles/000024/news_from_dee_doocey_at_the_london_assembly__march_2008.html News from Dee Doocey at the London Assembly - March 2008 2008-03-13T14:08+00:00 http://www.deedoocey.co.uk/articles/000023/news_from_dee_doocey_at_the_london_assembly__christmas_2007.html News from Dee Doocey at the London Assembly - Christmas 2007 2007-12-18T12:35+00:00 http://www.deedoocey.co.uk/articles/000022/metropolitan_police_consultation.html This week the Metropolitan Police published their plans for the future of police stations across London for consultation. So far an 'Asset Management Plan' has been published for 15 boroughs. 2007-11-28T17:30+00:00 http://www.deedoocey.co.uk/articles/000021/racism_within_the_fashion_industry.html Open the pages of any glossy magazine and black and Asian models are conspicuous by their absence. You can count those who have made it on one hand. The fashion world has been rocked by the size zero debate and now a number of model agencies are admitting that racial discrimination in the fashion industry is just as widespread as eating disorders. 2007-10-17T11:31+01:00 http://www.deedoocey.co.uk/articles/000020/news_from_dee_doocey_at_the_london_assembly__sep_07.html News from Dee Doocey at the London Assembly - Sep 07 2007-09-28T13:08+01:00 http://www.deedoocey.co.uk/articles/000019/newsletter_easter_2007.html Newsletter Easter 2007 2007-04-10T13:50+01:00 http://www.deedoocey.co.uk/articles/000017/2012_olympics_employment_and_skills_legacy.html Canning Town Job Centre has been open an hour, and is already doing a brisk trade. A steady trickle of punters drifts in under the watchful eye of the security guards at the door to sign on or check out the jobs on offer, while determinedly upbeat staff hawk advice and training courses to anyone who'll listen. At the touch of a button, purple computers print details of the latest vacancies on strips of shiny paper. 2007-03-23T00:00+00:00 http://www.deedoocey.co.uk/articles/000016/newsletter_january_2007.html Newsletter January 2007 2007-01-01T00:00+00:00 http://www.deedoocey.co.uk/articles/000010/housing__tackling_under_occupancy.html London continues to face an acute housing shortage. While the London Mayor has made some progress in identifying the extent of the housing problem, I am concerned that few steps have been made towards increasing levels of affordable accommodation for families in most dire need. 2006-12-14T09:38+00:00 http://www.deedoocey.co.uk/articles/000008/child_trafficking_in_the_uk.html Here we are, six years into the twenty-first century - yet would you believe that one of the greatest scandals in Britain today is still child slavery? It remains a big problem but the responsible authorities have barely begun to deal with it. 2006-10-18T13:12+01:00