Andrew Dismore, Labour London Assembly member for Barnet and Cmden has today published official figures from the fire authority showing the impact of fire brigade cuts on Camden residents, after the judical review brought by Labour Councils failed to stop the cuts. Belsize, Clerkenwell and 8 other fire stations across London are now scheduled to close on 9th January. Mr […]
Read moreAndrew Dismore, Labour London Assembly member for Barnet and Camden today published details of the broadband rollout in Barnet and Camden, which show a significant shortfall in necessary connectivity. Mr Dismore said: “I have had a meeting with BT’s General Manager for London and the south and east of England. Their scheduled broadband rollout in London is expected to be […]
Read moreAndrew Dismore, Labour London Assembly member for Barnet and Camden at Mayors Question Time challenged Mayor Boris Johnson over the fiasco of a police base for Hampstead. Mr Dismore said: “It is ludicrous, that it took a local newspaper to expose the failings of the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime, MOPAC, over the need to spend only £30 per […]
Read moreHendon MP Matthew Offord has snubbed the opportunity to help local people keep warm in winter by voting down amendments to the Energy Bill in the House of Commons. The Conservative led Government’s Bill aims to water down commitments on fuel poverty by removing a requirement to ‘eradicate’ it and replacing it with a duty to ‘address’ it. More than […]
Read moreWhen I went to pay my respects at South Africa House on Saturday evening, it brought back memories of Anti Apartheid demonstrations I had attended in the 1970s and 80s. But instead of lines of riot gear clad police backed by horses, there were just a couple of bobbies, overseeing the growing pile of floral tributes. The flag of democratic […]
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