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Dismore demands Barnet Council drops Mill Hill Academy school contractor

Andrew Dismore, Labour London Assembly ember for Barnet and Camden has today written to the leader of the Council, Cllr Cornelius, demanding that Barnet drop their preferred provider E-ACT from their arrangements for the new Academy primary school planned for Mill Hill East.    Mr Dismore said: “On 25th February this year Conservative Barnet Council’s Cabinet  agreed  “to put forward […]

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Mayor Boris Johnson forces through closure of Belsize and Clerkenwell fire stations

Conservative Mayor of London, Boris Johnson is continuing to force through his closure of Belsize and Clerkenwell fire stations. The London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority (LFEPA) will meet next week to vote on the Mayor’s plans. The documents for that meeting – which were published yesterday – shows the Mayor has backed down on the closure of two fire […]

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Dismore demands urgent investigation after near miss on Northern Line

Labour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore  AM is demanding an urgent investigation into the near miss on the Northern Line on Monday evening. The incident involved two trains which reportedly narrowly averted a head-on collision between Mill Hill East and Finchley Central. The RMT Union have released a statement saying that it was the quick actions […]

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Christian Wolmar: £50 billion HS2 has reached the end of the line

Published: 09 July 2013 – London Evening Standard For the past four years, the project to build a North-South high-speed line has looked as solid a bet as Andy Murray eventually winning Wimbledon. Despite the high cost and the protests of well-organised objectors in the Chilterns, HS2 seemed to have everything going for it. First proposed by the Tories in opposition, […]

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