Unions, health professionals and patients from across Barnet will this weekend join with Barnet Labour Party and supporters to highlight how the Tory-led government¹s Health and Social Care Bill is set to damage our NHS. With the Bill back before Parliament now, the campaign held street stalls in Mill Hill, Burnt Oak, Edgware, Barnet and Finchley on Saturday 3rd and […]
Read moreAndrew Dismore, Labour’s candidate for the London Assembly for Barnet and Camden has today challenged Brian Coleman over speculation that Mr Coleman is no longer wholeheartedly behind the Council’s “One Barnet” plan to contract out the Council’s services ( text of Mr Dismore’s email to Mr Coleman below). Mr Dismore said: “there has been considerable speculation that Mr Coleman is […]
Read moreIn the Ham and High (15/9/11), you quote the figures I obtained under the Freedom of Information Act from Scotland Yard describing the fall in police numbers in Camden. The Borough Commander questioned these, saying that the local police were “now back on target”. That may well be so: but this depends on the target! The FoI response ( a […]
Read moreAndrew Dismore, Labour London assembly candidate for Barnet and Camden said: “This is another Conservative breach of faith with local residents, David Cameron and Andrew Lansley fought the last election on clear commitments to keep Chase Farm open and to listen to the views of local people. They said there would be no top down reorganisations. They said their priority […]
Read moreThe Metropolitan Police’s response to my Freedom of Information requests concerning London Assembly member Brian Coleman clearly reveal that he has not written once to the Met since 2008 about police officer numbers, Safer Neighbourhood Teams or their deployments. This was confirmed by a further FoI after the riots, which he also did not write about. He may well have […]
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