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Dismore slams Tory plans to slash Camden schools funding

Labour London Assembly member for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore has warned the Government they must rethink plans to slash funding for schools and pupils in Camden, or risk abandoning the gains made in the last decade. Under the Government’s new ‘fairer funding’ plans, Camden could lose £28 million from its schools budgets while cash is redistributed to other parts […]

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Letter to editors on police cuts

Dear editor The Chancellor’s unexpected, but welcome, statement that the police grant would be protected is a tribute to all those  who have campaigned  against his original intention to cut the Met.’s budget by between 25% and 40%. It means that we will not see the huge reduction in the  numbers of police officers the Metropolitan Police Commissioner was warning […]

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Transcript of my HS2 petition to Parliament

CHAIR: Okay. We’ll take that as your final plea and we’ll reflect on what you’ve said. I think you do have a good point, that where there are local businesses, small businesses, being disrupted, I don’t think it unreasonable, if possible, for the contractors locally to put work in your direction. I’ve noticed about Central London, it’s very difficult to […]

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