Andrew Dismore AM, Labour London Assembly member for Barnet and Camden has welcomed the decision of the High Court, that the protocol of North Central London Coroner Mary Hassell was ‘unlawful’; ‘Irrational’ and ‘discriminatory’ in her approach to those who need prompt burials of deceased loved ones , for religious or cultural reasons. Mr Dismore said: ‘Yet again Ms Hassell […]
Read moreDear editor, Former Conservative candidate Nneka Akwaeze has really gone out on a limb in her letter last week, questioning the rights of the Windrush Generation- even the former Home Secretary had to resign because of her mishandling of the issue of migration enforcement. The problem for Ms Akwaeze is she does not appreciate that the Windrush people were easy […]
Read morehttps://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/key-messages-voting-on-brexit Parliament’s consideration of the withdrawal deal and future framework 1. The Government’s timetable for getting its deal through Parliament is ambitious By October ministers hope to have negotiated a withdrawal agreement on the terms of the UK’s departure from the European Union (EU), and a ‘framework for a future relationship’ on long-term UK–EU relations. The Government has promised to […]
Read moreDear editor Jessica Learmond-Criqui’s wild allegations against the Mayor cannot go unanswered and it is time for once she got her facts right. She accuses the Mayor of issuing a ‘diktat’ to take officers away from Hampstead. Arrant nonsense. Decisions re the deployment of officers are operational matters for the Metropolitan Police chain of command to decide, and it is […]
Read moreTube noise is an issue I have been pursuing vigorously with TfL and I think I have got to the bottom of what has caused the relatively recent problems affecting people who had no noise issues for many years before. It is a combination of factors. Firstly, TTL renewed the track, replacing the old wooden sleepers with concrete; and the […]
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