Category Archives: Environment

Letter to the press: “Developers can get away with almost anything in Barnet”

Dear Editor, The news that Barnet Council is to make it more difficult for residents to fight  unwelcome planning applications by increasing the minimum number of objections needed even to get a hearing should not be seen in isolation:  it is part of a course of action that, as usual with Conservative Barnet,  puts residents’ interests at the back of […]

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Dismore questions London Mayor over future of Euston Fire Station

During Mayor’s Question Time, Andrew Dismore, Labour London Assembly member for Barnet and Camden, challenged Mayor Boris Johnson over the future of Euston Fire Station, in light of press reports that it was one of 8 London Fire Stations facing closure or merger.(Evening Standard 8/6/12) In response to Mr Dismore’s questioning, the London Mayor Boris Johnson refused to confirm the […]

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Dismore challenges Veolia Water over continuation of hosepipe ban

Andrew Dismore, Labour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden, has welcomed Thames Water’s announcement that it lifted its hosepipe ban at 00:01 this morning. However, Veolia Water, which serves many constituents in the north of the London Assembly constituency, have confirmed that they are not lifting their ban. In light of their refusal to do so, Andrew Dismore has written to […]

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