The problem is that the Metropolitan Police is underfunded, due to massive cuts in its budget from central Government resulting in a significant loss of police officers across London. The Conservative Government has imposed cut after cut on the Met.’s budget. Since 2010, the Met.’s Government grant funding has fallen by more than £700 million, nearly 40 per cent in […]
Read moreYet again, Jessica Learmond -Criqui suggests the Mayor should hold a referendum on increasing the police precept. And yet again, she refuses to say what level of increase she thinks should be balloted. In my last letter, I explained that to go back to the fully funded Met. we had with the last Labour Government would need a police precept […]
Read moreMy report from City Hall No. 51: 23nd May to 27th June 2018 Introduction After the May local elections, Barnet and Camden Councils are reconstituted and back at work. I attended the Camden Council AGM. I was concerned to see that Barnet has again restricted the public’s rights at Council meetings, and not for the first time. I […]
Read moreResponding to new data showing the true scale of police cuts in London, Labour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden, Andrew Dismore AM, said: “It’s now clear that the Government’s unwillingness to properly fund London’s police services is compromising the Met’s ability to keep Londoners safe. “With the Met already subjected to government cuts of over £700 million, and […]
Read moreWe desperately need to help more women into engineering. It is hard not to feel disappointed that, in 2018, our plea remains the same. Yet, four years on from the first National Women in Engineering Day, progress comes at a slow pace. It is a point of embarrassment that the UK is lagging behind when it comes to gender parity […]
Read more