Dear Editor Hendon’s Conservative MP (letters 24/7/14) attempts to put a positive spin on Govia taking over the Thameslink line, but it will be years before any difference is likely to be seen in the frequency and capacity of the service. Govia are not going to review the timetable before 2018, so there is no prospect of any increased frequency […]
Read moreDear editor,The Mayor’s direction to the Fire Authority (LFEPA) about locking out firefighters during the current national dispute over pensions shows just how wrong it would be, if Boris Johnson gets the unfettered control of the Fire Brigade he is currently asking the Government to give him, through gerrymandering the membership of LFEPA by packing it with his cronies and […]
Read moreGerard Lyons, the Mayor’s Chief Economic Advisor, today called for interest rates to rise to 5 or 6 per cent, rather than the 2.5 per cent that the Governor of the Bank of England has suggested as the level to which rates should return in normal times. With the average house price in London now standing at £492,000, a rate […]
Read moreAndrew Dismore, Labour Parliamentary Candidate for Hendon and London Assembly member, speaking during the London Assembly plenary debate on the impact on postal services of TNT, criticised TNT and the threat it poses to the universal postal service. Mr Dismore said: “TNT have not provided a very good service in Barnet so far. In the early days of their contract, mail […]
Read moreDear Editor, Cllr Reuben Thompstone (letters 17/7/14) is trying to pull the wool over people’s eyes concerning class sizes in infant schools. The Department for Education figures confirm the numbers I previously published, that 1,343 children are in larger sized classes over 30. I suspect his number reflects the fact that so many of Barnet’s schools have been forced out […]
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