Category Archives: Economy

City Lit win £600,000 from Mayor’s skills fund

The City Literary institute (City Lit), an adult education college in Holborn, has won over £600,000 of funding for 4 projects from the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan’s Skills for Londoners Capital Fund. The fund aims to transform the capital’s skills provision by delivering 21st century, fit-for-purpose education and training facilities at further education colleges and other providers across the […]

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Conservatives’ welfare reforms drive 3,188 more Barnet and Camden children into poverty

Shocking figures from the End Child Poverty Coalition show that 3,188 extra children in Barnet are living in poverty, taking the figure to 38,737. In Barnet the figure rose by 1,810 to 24,308 and in Camden it rose by 1,378 to 14,429. Labour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore says this is due to harsh welfare changes […]

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Brexit MQ Jan 18

Legal services and Brexit Question No: 2018/0244 Andrew Dismore The Law Society has warned that countries that participate in Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) can include limits to the agreement’s scope. When it comes to legal services this means that lawyers wishing to practise in other jurisdictions may have to live in that country, register with the local bar and seek […]

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