Press release: immediate 16/10/15 Andrew Dismore, London Assembly member for Barnet and Camden has today slammed Mayor Boris Johnson’s handling of the night tube scheme. Mr Dismore said: ‘First it was September. Then the Mayor promised it would be the Autumn. Now we’re told it won’t start until next year at the earliest. I’m talking of course about the Night […]
Read morePress release: immediate 2/10/15 Andrew Dismore, London Assembly member for Barnet and Camden and member of LFEPA, the Fire Authority for London, questioned London’s Fire Commissioner about the impact of HS2 on the ability of the Fire Brigade to respond to emergency calls in Camden at the Fire Authority meeting yesterday (1/10/15). Having previously raised the issue by written question […]
Read more(Press release: immediate 12/10/15) Andrew Dismore, London Assembly member for Barnet and Camden has written to the leader of Barnet Council, demanding the waiver of the Council’s attempted levy of £800 of fees from the UK Jewish Film Festival. (copy email below) Mr Dismore said: ‘After all the problems of the festival last year, and the bad publicity that ensued […]
Read moreDear editor, The news that Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust is in trouble and facing a CQC inspection this month which is likely to designate it as ‘inadequate’ is as unwelcome as it is not unexpected, given the scale of their problems that have lasted for so long. The Trust has lurched from one crisis to another, and […]
Read moreDear Editor, In May 2013 I warned that Conservative London Mayor Johnson’s cuts to the Fire Brigade would hit Camden harder than any other borough. I said: ‘No other borough will see as many large increases in average waits for a fire engine, according to estimates published by the London Fire Brigade (LFB). Six wards in Camden will also be […]
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