At today’s Mayor’s Question Time, Labour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore AM asked London Mayor Sadiq Khan for an urgent update on the implications of the collapse of construction and facilities management giant Carillion. Mr Dismore asked the Mayor: ‘What is the extent to which the wider GLA family is exposed; what remedial measures there are; and […]
Read moreA scheme to close the current Post Office in North Finchley, and relocate to smaller premises further away from the Town Centre into a new franchised office has been criticised by Labour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore. Mr Dismore joined local Labour Councillors in opposing the move, saying the current Post Office was always busy, and […]
Read moreSee article in the Guardian: A no-deal Brexit could cause the UK to lose half a million jobs and nearly £50bn in investment by 2030, according to an economic forecast commissioned by the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan. The report, which models five possible scenarios for leaving the EU ranging from a near-status-quo situation to leaving on World Trade Organisation terms […]
Read moreYou can read the Mayor’s report on the impact of Brexit here. Key findings from the report are: * The London results are similar to the UK results in that the impact of Brexit is negative and gets progressively more negative (compared to what may have happened if the UK remained in the Single Market and Customs Union), moving from Scenario 2 to […]
Read moreYou may be interested in this article by former Prime Minister Tony Blair, which I reproduce below. You can read his full report here. 2018 will be the year when the fate of Brexit and thus of Britain will be decided. 2017 was too early in the negotiation. By 2019, it will be too late. Realistically, 2018 will be the […]
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