Dear Editor, ‘Injured pensioner left in street for one hour waiting for ambulance’ ( Times Feb19th) is a disgraceful indictment of the state of the London Ambulance Service(LAS) In Barnet. Less than half – just 48% – of the LAS’s emergency calls in Barnet are answered within their target time, about the worst performance in London. This is not the […]
Read moreDear editor, So, according to Cllr Cornelius, ( column, Press 19/2/15) everything is wonderful on the West Hendon estate. Leaseholders will be able to stay. Tenants will be able to stay. Insecure tenants will be able to stay in the area. He must be living in a parallel universe with a different West Hendon to the one we have here! […]
Read moreDear editor Your last week’s front page article is correct to highlight the justified fears for Jewish school security, after the Paris attacks. Indeed, last month I had already questioned the London Mayor (who has responsibility for the Metropolitan Police) about these issues and stressed the need to provide heightened police security for all Jewish schools, not just those benefitting […]
Read moreAndrew Dismore, Labour Parliamentary candidate for Hendon and London Assembly member for Barnet and Camden today backed Labour’s alternative budget proposals for the Greater London Authority ( summary below), incuding1,000 extra police officers, a reversal and freezing of this year’s transport fares increase, and a housing investment company to commission directly the construction of new homes. Mr Dismore said: ‘ […]
Read moreAndrew Dismore, Labour Parliamentary candidate for Hendon and London Assembly member for Barnet and Camden today published up to date figures, which reveal the extent that Barnet police officers are being sent to perform duties out of the Borough ( see answers to Mayor’s questions below). Over the last 6 months of last year, officers were abstracted ( i.e. sent […]
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