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London Resilience Partnership report on Brexit

London Resilience Partnership has published a report ahead of the Brexit meeting today. It’s here https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/london_resilience_partnership_-_brexit_resilience_report.pdf   Here are the key quotes and added some commentary: “for many [resilience partner organisations] the resilience summit itself was a first step or very early phase in their contingency planning.” There is less than six months until the UK leaves the EU and […]

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MQT answers October 18

Barnet Council food waste collections Question No: 2018/2781 Andrew Dismore Barnet Council has now voted to suspend separate food waste collections, despite your comments at last Mayor’s Question Time. What action have you, or do you, propose to take as a result? Written response from the Mayor Officers are drafting a response which will be sent shortly.   Whistle-blowers Question […]

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Late September MQT answers, covering Brexit and Appropriate Adults

Legal services and Brexit Question No: 2018/2196 Andrew Dismore Reports suggest that companies are changing contracts to ensure disputes are heard in the EU rather than the UK courts; what are the implications for this for London’s economy? Written response from the Mayor Legal services generated £31.5bn for the UK economy in 2016. Businesses surveyed by Thomson Reuters have said […]

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Mayor announces funding for new Council Homes in Barnet and Camden

In response to the Mayor’s announcement that Camden Council has been awarded £30,800,000 to deliver 308 council homes and Barnet Council has been awarded £8,700,000 to deliver 87 council homes from his Building Council Homes for Londoners Programme , local London Assembly Member, Andrew Dismore AM, said: “With too many local families priced out of the housing market and stuck […]

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