At Mayor’s Question Time, Andrew Dismore, Labour London Assembly member for Barnet and Camden challenged London Mayor Boris Johnson to come clean over his deal with West Ham over the deal to allow them to use the Olympic Stadium. Speaking at the meeting Mr Dismore asked the Mayor to confirm the following points: “You fought to keep this secret, didn’t […]
Read moreThe Metropolitan Police should be given the power to recover all costs from policing football matches. I have discovered new figures which show the force spent almost two million pounds policing top-flight football matches in the capital last year. (See me on LondonLive discussing the cost of football to the met.) Despite facing budget cuts of 20% the […]
Read moreAndrew Dismore, London Assembly member for Barnet and Camden and member of the London Fire Authority has established that the local fire service in Camden was seriously under strain on last Saturday evening, 4th July. Mr Dismore said: ‘I understand that on Saturday night 4th July, a number of serious fires broke out over the course of […]
Read moreIn today’s City Hall Plenary questions session with Munira Mirza, Boris Johnson’s Deputy Mayor for Education and Culture , Andrew Dismore, Labour Parliamentary Candidate for Hendon, London Assembly member for Barnet and Camden and honorary Chair of Trustees of the Council of British Archaeology (London) raised the lack of mention of Archaeology in the 2014 ‘Cultural Metropolis’ Mayor’s cultural strategy […]
Read moreIn today’s City Hall Plenary questions session with Munira Mirza, Boris Johnson’s Deputy Mayor for Education and Culture , Andrew Dismore, Labour London Assembly member for Barnet and Camden raised the lack of mention of the British Library in the 2014 ‘Cultural Metropolis’ Mayor’s cultural strategy document. Mr Dismore said: “The British Library serves as a resource for researchers […]
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