Andrew Dismore, a member of the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority, has castigated the Government for failing to honour pledges made in the aftermath of the Grenfell Fire in the budget. The Labour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden also said the Government’s continued austerity programme was making citizens less safe. The Chancellor’s budget failed to provide extra […]
Read moreThe crisis in London’s NHS will not be tackled by measures announced in the budget this week by Chancellor of the Exchequer Phillip Hamond, says Labour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore. Across England last year, NHS trusts were £791 million in deficit. Only 5 out of 133 hospital trusts across the country achieved the 4-hour waiting […]
Read moreLabour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore denounced the budget announced yesterday by Chancellor of the Exchequer Phillip Hammond as “a disaster for London” Key budget headlines: Government fails to meet deficit reduction targets yet again, and will only deliver a surplus budget in 2025, 10 years after they promised to. Growth forecasts have been downgraded and […]
Read moreFrom Bloomberg: London loses European banking, drug regulators on EU departure French capital wins EBA, No. 1 Dutch city to host EMA France and the Netherlands won the contests to host two London-based European Union agencies in the first concrete political victories in the battle for Brexit spoils. The EU’s banking authority will move to Paris and the medicines regulator […]
Read moreSadiq Khan, Mayor of London – Autumn Budget 2017 These are the policies I included in my submission to the Chancellor of the Exchequer ahead of the Budget on 22 November. I am calling on him to include in his Budget settlement policies that will: ensure the Met and London Fire Brigade are properly funded; progress Crossrail 2; provide me […]
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