One of the first letters to arrive on the new Mayor of London's desk this week came from Julian Brazier.

The Canterbury and Whitstable MP wrote to his friend and long-term Tory colleague Boris Johnson to fight the Canterbury Stroke Club’s corner after they were told that their 40-seater coach did not meet former Mayor Ken Livingstone’s low emissions zone targets.

He explained that the club, formed to help stroke victims, had been forced to cancel a trip to the Houses of Parliament because the disabled access coach they used to ferry them on excursions would have failed to meet public transport regulations.

Mr Brazier pointed out that the cost of upgrading the bus to meet required standards would cost £4,500, and added: “I hope the new administration in London will show more heart than its predecessor.”

* For more on this story, see this week's Kentish Gazette out on Thursday