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Boris Johnson’s failing apprenticeship programme is entrenching London’s gender divide

March 3, 2016 office

Gender splits in London’s apprenticeships remain firmly entrenched, new analysis has revealed. Analysis of government data by Labour London Assembly Member Andrew Dismore, showed that last year men dominated at all levels in London’s construction and engineering industries, whilst women continued to lead the field in health, education and retail. Mr Dismore accused Boris Johnson of being “completely culpable of […]

Suburb Circular article on student housing

March 2, 2016 office

I recently visited Middlesex University students to see an exhibition they were promoting , about the problems facing students renting their first home. it is clear that many students were not aware of their rights, as it was the first time they were living away from home and their first experience of the private rental market. I was particularly […]

Rising probate fees: the Conservatives’ stealth mansion tax

March 2, 2016 office

This time last year, we were in the full swing of a General Election. One of the issues over which the Conservatives particularly attacked Labour, was the plan for a mansion tax on properties worth over £2 million, with all sorts of scare stories about how much it would be, and that it would be charged on less valuable properties. […]

Bobbies pulled off the beat for over 728 shifts in Barnet and Camden every month to plug gaps elsewhere

March 2, 2016 office

Camden’s police officers are being routinely ‘abstracted’ from their local beats to plug gaps in London-wide public order operations new figures have revealed. The new data found that 728 officer shifts are being lost from Barnet and Camden police forces every month according to Metropolitan Police statistics provided to Labour’s London Assembly policing spokesperson Joanne McCartney. The figures showed […]

Dismore dubs Barnet’s tall buildings boom as ‘Barnhattan’

March 2, 2016 office

London Assembly Member Andrew Dismore has dubbed the Barnet Council scheme to build 19 tall buildings in the west of the borough as ‘Barnhattan’. Speaking to his motion at the London Assembly, Mr Dismore on tall buildings in the suburbs said the views of London from Barnet would be ‘ruined and obscured by a mass of oversized buildings. Speaking […]

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