Andrew Dismore, Labour London Assembly member and parliamentary candidate for Hendon has welcomed Ed Miliband’s plans for 25 hours free childcare for working parents of 3 and 4 year olds which could help hundreds of local mothers get back to work or work extra hours. Labour will also give a legal guarantee to parents with primary-aged children that they […]
Read moreAndrew Dismore, London Assembly member for Barnet and Camden, accused Mayor Boris Johnson of presiding over a ‘train wreck’ of a high tech policy at Mayor’s Question Time on 19th March. Mr Dismore revealed figures that show when the roll out of high speed broadband is completed in just a few weeks’ time only 85% of London will be […]
Read moreAndrew Dismore, Labour London Assembly member for Barnet and Camden, has today written to Mayor Johnson demanding that he does not call in the planning application for the Mount Pleasant site, after the developers requested the Mayor does so. Mr Dismore said: “It is disgraceful that the developers have asked the Mayor to call in these applications when they are […]
Read moreThe average Londoner is £3,084 worse off a year since David Cameron came to office according to recent figures that show London is being hit the hardest by the cost of living crisis. Chuka Umunna MP Shadow Secretary of State for Business joined Andrew Dismore, Labour Candidate for Hendon, and Leader of the Barnet Labour Group, Cllr Alison Moore, in Edgware […]
Read moreAndrew Dismore, Labour London Assembly member for Barnet and Camden has established that Government policy is keeping water bills higher than they need to be. After a hearing at the London Assembly Environment Committee, which helped restrict Thames Water’s excessive demands for higher water bills, Mr Dismore followed up further detailed points with them. One problem he identified was the […]
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