Responding to the Prime Minister’s announcement of £20m funding to teach Muslim women in the UK to speak English, London Assembly Member, Andrew Dismore AM, said: “Whilst of course this funding is welcome, it will support the very people who had this help ripped away from them only last year. Without a good grasp of the English language people […]
Read moreIn the near future, we will take the biggest decision affecting our country’s future: the European Union ‘in or out’ referendum. In the 1975 vote, I was a young student who voted ‘no’. 40 years on, we have a very different world. It would be much more momentous to leave an EU that is now 28 members strong at a […]
Read moreNearly 4,000 homeless children in Barnet will spend Christmas in temporary accommodation – an increase of a third in just three years. The official statistics were highlighted by Barnet and Camden London Assembly member Andrew Dismore, who commented: “Ordinary families have been priced out of Barnet and the taxpayer is picking up the bill for the misery they are being […]
Read moreMy report from City Hall No.31 14th November 2015 to 16th December 2015 1 Introduction May I firstly wish everyone a Happy Christmas and a Happy Chanukah? Christmas picture by Hinako, year 5 , Tudor School, Woodhouse Much of this month has again been dominated by discussions on cuts to the police, especially after the Paris attacks; and the fire […]
Read moreI again spoke about the need for transparency over the Olympic stadium deal. I also proposed a plenary motion against blacklisting in the construction industry. I attended the briefing given by the Federation of Small Business. See also my letter about the problems of the less well off in London.
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