Andrew Dismore AM, Labour London Assembly member for Barnet and Camden challenged London Fire Brigade chiefs at the Assembly plenary meeting on 4th December. Mr Dismore raised the damaging cuts to the Fire Brigade, especially the closures of Belsize and Clerkenwell fire stations, with Fire Commissioner Ron Dobson, who despite accepting the cuts were financially driven, and that many parts so […]
Read moreMayor of London Boris Johnson announced on Tuesday that Transport for London will increase travelcards above inflation next year. Since Boris Johnson was elected as Mayor in 2008 he has increased fares above inflation every year, with single bus fares rising as much as 55 per cent. Residents across Finchley, Golders Green and Hendon living in Zones 3, 4 and […]
Read moreAndrew Dismore, Labour London Assembly member for Barnet and Camden has claimed victory at last, in his long running battle with Transport for London, for a simple solution to the problem of excess parking tickets outside the shops in Falloden Way on the A1. Mr Dismore said: “The number of tickets being given to motorists for inadvertently parking […]
Read moreDear editor, Your report ( Mayor receives tour of new school site, 31/10/13) of the Mayor Melvin Cohen’s visit to the building site of Millbrook Park primary school on the former Mill Hill Inglis Barracks would be of even greater interest if you had been able to report who will be running the school when it opens next year, a […]
Read moreBoris Johnson (Chair, TfL) and Sir Peter Hendy (Commissioner, TfL) Northern Line Question No: 67 / 2013 Andrew Dismore When was the last time you travelled on the Northern Line? Written response from the Mayor and the Commissioner I get around London by bike, by foot, by bus, sometimes by boat and I’m a regular user of the Tube. […]
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