Mount Pleasant Question No: 2015/3506 Andrew Dismore The Mount Pleasant community have worked up a detailed alternative proposal for the development of the site. Will you support their alternative proposals and bid? Written response from the Mayor I have not seen the scheme. If a planning application is submitted and is of such a scale that it is referable to […]
Read moreProposals from the Fire Brigade Commissioner to scrap 13 London Fire Engines faced fierce opposition yesterday when they were debated at a Resources Committee meeting of the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority (LFEPA). Labour London Assembly Member and Chair of the Resources Committee spoke out after the meeting when it was revealed that despite fully costed alternatives which would […]
Read moreDear editor, It is little wonder that people in Hampstead are resorting to crowd funding to pay for local police officers. The Metropolitan Police have grappled with years of extensive government cuts and with further budget cuts on the horizon, communities are understandably seeking to do all they can to protect local policing. The fall out from Boris Johnson’s decision […]
Read moreAndrew Dismore, Labour London Assembly member for Barnet and Camden has just been sent the unwelcome news, that London Mayor Boris Johnson has said he won’t intervene to stop the Abbots waste depot plan – and Barnet can take the decisions for itself. Andrew Dismore, the Labour London Assembly member, who has just been formally notified of the decision said: […]
Read moreAt the London Assembly plenary today Andrew Dismore, Labour London Assembly member for Barnet and Camden challenged the Mayor’s chief of staff Sir Edward Lister over the implications of the Government’s student visa policy for London’s economy . ( video link) Sir Edward had previously reported to the Assembly that the numbers of Indian students had halved between 2009 and […]
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