Category Archives: Environment
Letter to the Press: Traders are crucial
Dear Editor Mr Goorwich in his letter (Times 31st May) challenges me to meet with residents and traders to hear their concerns. It has always been my style as a politician to call on residents when there aren’t elections: for 13 years as an MP I spent nearly every weekend doing so. I will be doing the same as Barnet […]
Read moreMayor Johnson cannot say why he left HS2 impact in Camden out of his manifesto
Andrew Dismore, Labour London Assembly member for Camden and Barnet raised with Mayor Johnson at the first Mayor’s Question Time the mayor’s failure to mention the impact on Camden of HS2 in his Transport manifesto for the Mayoral election. Under the rules, the Mayor should have responded by Monday 28th May, but has issued only a holding reply ( see […]
Read moreLetter to the Editor: Why I support the Camden Eruv
Dear Editor, I write in support of the proposal for an eruv in Camden. It would make a huge difference to the lives of Orthodox Jewish residents in Hampstead, West Hampstead and Belsize Park, yet would be of no detriment to anyone else. I well recall some of the initial controversy concerning the first eruv in Barnet 15 years or […]
Read moreBarnet set to repeat Westminster sale of cemeteries scandal
Andrew Dismore, Labour London Assembly candidate for Barnet and Camden has today released papers which he has just received in response to a freedom of information request to Barnet Council concerning Hendon Crematorium and Cemetery. Mr Dismore, prior to becoming MP for Hendon, was a Westminster City councillor at the time of the infamous Westminster Council cemeteries scandal in […]
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