New figures have revealed the increasing strain London’s Accident and Emergency departments are facing. The increased pressure on A&Es follows the closure of wards across the capital. In the past year 199,693 people were forced to wait more than four hours at A&E in London, this is an increase of 18% on the previous year when 168,604 people waited […]
Read moreWritten response Race claims against the police Question No: 2014/1261 Andrew Dismore Further to your answer to Question 2014/0280 and to Question 532 / 2013 on race claims against the police, “how many i) of the 34 internal cases and ii) how many of 33 cases brought by members of the public referred to in the answer resulted in disciplinary […]
Read moreDear Editor, It is good to see that the new police contact point is to open in the old Hampstead Town Hall, for which I also campaigned. It was ludicrous that the local police had been forbidden to spend £30 on this; even the Mayor agreed with me about it, when I challenged him at Mayor’s Question Time. However, let […]
Read moreDear Editor, Superintendent Corkill has been put in a difficult position, having to spin the Mayor’s line that there will be more police officers. Compared to now or 2011, when the Met was at its lowest numbers, that is the case. But that artificial date was selected by the Mayor to make things look better than they really are. […]
Read moreAndrew Dismore, Labour parliamentary candidate for Hendon has today published new details on the impact of the Bedroom Tax in Barnet. Mr Dismore said: “After a year of the Bedroom Tax at the end of February 2014 Barnet had 618 households affected by the changes, 62% of whom were in arrears. Since implementation in April 2013 the average level of […]
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