Much of the coverage of the Grenfell Tower Enquiry has rightly focused on the London Fire Brigade’s (LFB) operational response to that tragic incident on 14th June last year. But it’s also important to recognise the work that’s been done since Grenfell to deal with the impact of the fire on the LFB itself, along with the lessons learned by […]
Read moreLocal London Assembly Member, Andrew Dismore AM, has called upon eligible local organisations to urgently submit bids for free water refill points to be installed in the borough, ahead of Friday’s deadline. This comes on the back of City Hall’s recent announcement that £5 million of funding has been allocated towards the rollout of 100 new drinking fountains across the […]
Read moreAt today’s London Assembly plenary session on the London Fire Brigade, Labour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore AM, deputy chair of the City Fire, Resilience and Emergency Planning Committee led the questioning of London Fire Commissioner Dany Cotton and Deputy Mayor for Fire and Resilience, Fiona Twycross AM. Mr Dismore asked the Fire Commissioner and Deputy […]
Read moreThe impact on the Met.’s budget of the Government’s unfunded extra demands due to police pay rises and changes to pensions announced by the, as the Chancellor’s October Budget did not announce any increase in police funding. As a result of Conservative Government policy so far, the Metropolitan Police have been forced to make cuts of £720m over recent years […]
Read moreIn response to the Mayor’s announcement that the Thomas Coram Centre in Camden will receive an air quality audit to monitor indoor and outdoor levels of air pollution, local London Assembly Member Andrew Dismore AM, said: “It is shocking that due to the dangerous levels of toxic air across the capital, there are children in our community at serious risk […]
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