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Letter for publication: Impact of tax credit cuts locally

Dear editor, Next year 22,900 families across Barnet  and 11,900 families in  Camden will suffer as a result of the Conservative Government’s decision to deliver a real terms cut to tax credits. Those falling victim to the Conservative Chancellor’s punishing measures will justifiably be left angry by the Mayor of London’s failure to stand up for their interests, despite his […]

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Letter for publication: HS2 and the Fire Services

Dear editor, One aspect  of the HS2 issue that has not seen much public attention so far   is the impact on emergency service attendance  times in Camden, about which I questioned London’s Fire Commissioner at the recent Fire Authority meeting. Having already lost Belsize and Clerkenwell Fire Stations in Mayor Boris Johnson’s last round of cuts, The 10 or more […]

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Dismore motion to reverse English Language teaching cuts passed by London Assembly

At the London Assembly plenary Andrew Dismore, Labour London Assembly member for Barnet and Camden successfully proposed a motion over the Conservative Government’s cuts to English Language (ESOL) teaching. Mr Dismore said: ‘It is hardly joined up Government, is it, for one department, the DWP, to mandate people to go on ESOL courses or lose their benefit on the one […]

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