Dear editor, This week’s budget was a huge let down. A massive giveaway for business, yet nothing for struggling services. Claps for the NHS, but no pay rise. Education? Barely a mention. Policing? Nothing. The Chancellor cannot continue to make rosy statements in in public, whilst doing so little in his budget. He failed to take action on social care, […]
Read moreComment on planning application for IBSA House, The Ridgeway, London NW7 1RN, Ref: 21/0332/FUL Dear Sir or Madam, I am writing to object to the above application in my capacity as London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden. I note that the previous application ref 19/6551/FUL for a residential development of nearly two hundred units (197) is still with the […]
Read morePeople who work in the UK’s financial services once believed that they could bank on a Conservative government. But they have been well and truly abandoned by the current one at the worst possible time. With great fanfare, Prime Minister Boris Johnson celebrated the Brexit deal agreed before Christmas. But, incredibly, financial services — a sector worth £132bn a year […]
Read moreReminder: you can still apply for various grants that are available to businesses. Businesses that are not ratepayers can apply for the Additional Restrictions Grant until the 16th of December. For more information and to apply: https://www.camden.gov.uk/financial-support-for-businesses-and-employers1#wccq Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG) – for businesses severely impacted by restrictions Businesses that have been severely impacted by restrictions but have not been […]
Read moreAt today’s London Assembly plenary on policing and crime in London Labour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore AM questioned Metropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick and Mayor Sadiq Khan over the Government’s lack of preparation for policing and security that follows from a ‘no deal’ Brexit, now only 3 weeks away. Mr Dismore said to the […]
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