Following the knife attack last week in Whetstone local London Assembly for Barnet Andrew Dismore AM said: ‘Thursday’s shocking knife attack involving a young school boy, aged just 15, shows the severity of rising knife injuries and stabbings across London. Knife crime with injury in Under 25s has been rising steadily across London over the last year. Since 2012 Barnet […]
Read moreNew research from housing charity Shelter has found that Camden families earning even the highest incomes will not be able to afford any properties built under the Government’s new Starter Homes programme. Local London Assembly Member Andrew Dismore said Shelter’s analysis showed that the scheme was “doomed to fail” and warned it could result in fewer truly affordable homes being […]
Read moreNew research from housing charity Shelter has found that Barnet families even with above average incomes will not be able to afford any properties in the borough built under the Government’s new Starter Homes programme. Local London Assembly Member Andrew Dismore said Shelter’s analysis showed that the scheme was “doomed to fail” and warned it could result in fewer truly […]
Read moreThe Metropolitan Police will consider plans to axe all local PCSOs at its Management Board meeting on the 29th September it has been revealed. The cuts could see neighbourhood policing teams reduced to just a single police officer for each ward. This is down from 9 officer SNT’s in Barnet (more than the London SNT norm of 6) which was […]
Read moreDear Editor, The government’s decision to put up fares on national rail services again in the New Year will come as a massive blow for many Londoners, particularly when we also hear that fares have risen three times as fast as wages in the past five years. There is no escaping that for the many Londoners who have no choice […]
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