A report by audit firm Grant Thornton has laid bare the stark failings of Barnet Council’s One Barnet contract. The report was commissioned after a Capita employee was found to have committed over £2 million worth of fraud over two years, by submitting fictitious Compulsory Purchase Orders (CPO) payment requests on regeneration estates, which were paid into the perpetrator’s bank […]
Read moreIn response to the Prime Minister’s speech today on the progress of the Government’s Brexit negotiations with the European Union, Labour’s London Assembly Economy Spokesperson, Andrew Dismore AM, said: “This was a convoluted and desperate speech from the Prime Minister providing no assurances to Londoners and businesses in the capital that a deal will be reached. It marks the culmination […]
Read moreLabour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore has written to Heidi Alexander, Deputy Mayor of London for Transport to ask for a rethink of plans to divert the 143 and 326 buses away from Gravel Hill in Finchley Central. TfL are extending the 125 bus route, which currently terminates outside St Mary’s Church, to Colindale, in order […]
Read moreIssues list 13 bus Remains at a poor level of service with continued complaints about stopping early, irregular services. Time to scrap the contract? RESPONSE: Data suggests the service is getting better now, and lost mileage is down from 6% to 1%, with fewer complaints. 384 bus Bus won’t stop outside Sainsbury’s or the New Aldi in East Barnet. No […]
Read moreLegal 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 Officers are drafting a response which will be sent shortly. Londoners in debt Question No: 2018/2197 […]
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