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Dismore raises poor broadband coverage highlighted by the impact of Covid on Londoners working from home

At today’s London Assembly plenary on  COVID-19 and London’s economy Labour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore AM questioned Councillor Georgia Gould, Local Enterprise Partnership for London (LEAP) Board Member, and Chair of the London Recovery Taskforce’s Economic Recovery Working Group, about the impact of poor full fibre broadband and digital exclusion on London, brought to the […]

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36% drop in rough sleeping in Camden over summer

The number of rough sleepers recorded on Camden’s streets fell by 36% between July and September, compared to the same period in 2019. Local London Assembly Member, Andrew Dismore AM, has said that these figures, recently released by the Greater London Authority (GLA), reveal some of the “positive strides” that the ‘Everyone In’ campaign made on tackling homelessness in the […]

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Andrew Dismore AM on why Government must publish its report into TfL finances

Dear Editor, Earlier this week, we saw the campaigning efforts of City Hall, charities, business leaders and Londoners pay off. As part of a last-minute emergency funding deal with TfL, the Government dropped the worst of its proposed conditions, including the removal of travel concessions for under 18s and older people and the extension of the congestion charge zone to […]

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Mayor sees off Government plans to extend Congestion Charge and scrap concessions for older and younger Londoners as deal reached over TfL funding

Six-month deal means £1.8 billion of Government grant and borrowing made available on current projections to Transport for London (TfL) to keep services running until March 2021   Mayor rejects government plans for huge extension of the Congestion Charge zone, scrapping free travel for older and younger Londoners and increasing TfL fares by more than previously agreed    Transport for London to make £160m of savings this […]

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