Shock figures from the National Housing Federation show the average private rent in Barnet amounts to £1588 per month, or £19,056 a year. Labour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore says this shows how broken the housing market is in London and Barnet, and urgent action is needed to make rents more affordable. According to the Office […]
Read morePublication of report at City Hall with the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan Last Thursday, 15 March, the Policy Institute published the report of the King’s Commission on London. Launched by the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan at City Hall, the report examines three key areas of the city’s long-term future through to 2030 and beyond: its economic prospects, health policy needs and […]
Read moreAndrew Dismore, Labour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden has written to Val Shawcross, Deputy Mayor of London for Transport to support the Destination East Finchley project, who are seeking to develop a permanent display at the local tube station to celebrate migration into the community. Children at Martin School in East Finchley interviewed local business owners and members […]
Read moreThe Conservatives have lost their majority on Barnet Council as Mill Hill Councillor Sury Khatri has now resigned the whip. Cllr Khatri, along with Edgware Councillor Joan Scannell and Hendon Councillor Maureen Braun were deselected as Conservative candidates for the Council election on May 3rd. Labour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore said: ‘How ironic that the […]
Read moreIt is not often that I agree with Theresa Villiers MP, but I wholeheartedly support her efforts to amend the Holocaust (Return of Cultural Objects) Act 2009. When I was MP for Hendon, I was responsible for the original private member’s Bill, which I piloted through Parliament to become this Act. Inevitably, when trying to get a Bill passed into […]
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