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Marco Polo Free School fiasco creates school place shortage- and what happens to Pavilion Way Fields now?

April 23, 2014 office

Andrew Dismore, Labour London Assembly member and parliamentary candidate for Hendon today revealed the news that the controversial free school plan for the Marco Polo Free School, to be built on Pavilion Way Fields has been quietly dropped by the Department for Education. Mr Dismore said: “I had a long overdue Freedom of Information request outstanding with the Education Funding […]

Reporting back to you from City Hall: March – April 2014

April 15, 2014 office

My report from City Hall No.19: 8th March to 11th April 2014 1 Introduction: Firstly congratulations to Val Owen, who has organised Edgware Royal British Legion’s Poppy Appeal for 47 years, on her well-deserved Barnet Civic Award. Thanks also to Saracens Rugby Club for stepping in to aid Barnet Deaf Football Club, when I asked them for help. BDFC had been using badly neglected but expensive […]

Barnet A&E under strain following closures

April 11, 2014 office

New figures have revealed the increasing strain London’s Accident and Emergency departments are facing. The increased pressure on A&Es follows the closure of wards across the capital. In the past year 199,693 people were forced to wait more than four hours at A&E in London, this is an increase of 18% on the previous year when 168,604 people waited […]

Bedroom Tax batters Barnet tenants

April 11, 2014 office

Andrew Dismore, Labour parliamentary candidate for Hendon has today published new details on the impact of the Bedroom Tax in Barnet. Mr Dismore said: “After a year of the Bedroom Tax at the end of February 2014 Barnet had 618 households affected by the changes, 62% of whom were in arrears. Since implementation in April 2013 the average level of […]

Dismore demands action over Barnet NHS finances

April 11, 2014 office

Andrew Dismore, Labour London Assembly member for Barnet and Camden, has today written to the Secretary of State for Health, drawing attention to the deficit facing Barnet’s NHS and demanding action from the Department of Health to bridge the funding gap until their recovery plan can be completed. (letter below) Mr Dismore said: “The Conservatives said the NHS was safe […]

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