Camden Policing – Police Stations to close and fewer officers under Mayor Johnson The Deputy Mayor for Policing Stephen Greenhalgh only gave just one hour of his valuable time to Camden residents to listen to his spin on Boris Johnson’s policing plan, not enough given the huge changes on the way. You can contribute to the consultation online at http://goo.gl/bc7CN […]
Read moreAndrew Dismore AM, London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden, has received an apology from Andrew Boff AM, Leader of the Conservative Group on the Assembly for a defamatory statement which was sent to Barnet local newspapers, published on Mr Boff’s website, and circulated to Conservative Barnet Councillors, one of whom repeated the defamation in the Council Chamber. The apology […]
Read moreFrom the image above you can see a big blue whole in the thin blue line that covers North London. With the proposed closure of Barnet, Whetstone, Southgate and Winchmore Hill – north and east of Barnet and the entire western side of Enfield, residents are exposed and without a local police station. Both myself and Enfield’s Labour London Assembly […]
Read moreLabour Fire Authority and Assembly Member Andrew Dismore yesterday voted against the Mayor’s proposals to close Belsize and 11 other fire stations. Last week it was announced that Boris Johnson wants to close 12 fire stations across London. Even after the 12 stations, 18 fire appliances and 520 firefighters have been cut the Mayor and LFEPA will still have to […]
Read moreDear Editor, As you reported last week, London Mayor Johnson is trumpeting an increase in police numbers, but in fact there is actually a cut over the life of this Coalition Government. The Mayor has chosen the arbitrary date of 2011, when the Met was at a very low number in the middle of a long recruitment freeze under his […]
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