PRESS RELEASE: IMMEDIATE: 7th July 2011 FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REVEALS GLA MEMBER COLEMAN NOT INTERESTED IN CAMDEN Andrew Dismore, Labour London assembly candidate for Barnet and Camden has just received the response to a Freedom of Information Act request he submitted to Camden Council, enquiring about the activity (or lack of it ) of the sitting London Assembly member, […]
Read morePlease see below copy text of my response to the appointed auditor who has refused a public interest inquiry into Barnet contracting processes: Dear Mr Hughes, Thank you for your letter of 30th June. You do not wish to conduct a public interest inquiry because you say, in summary: The council is taking action It might undermine confidence in the […]
Read moreDear Editor, So the two Boroughs of Barnet and Camden are to lose 9 Safer Neighbourhood Team sergeants between them, as a first stage precursor to Boris Johnson’s much deeper intended police cuts: the Metropolitan Police Authority has said London will lose 1800 police officers by 2013/4: an average of 50 for every London borough, as a result of Mayor […]
Read moreWhat is ridiculous about the Human Rights Act is the way that ill-informed right wing politicians attempt to undermine our fundamental freedoms guaranteed by the Act with silly stories about their dogs. Most of the tabloid stories they love to quote are either not true or inaccurate. When people have attempted to use the Act for frivolous reasons, whilst the […]
Read morePRESS RELEASE: IMMEDIATE: 27/9/2011 DISMORE REQUESTS DISTRICT AUDITOR INQUIRY INTO BARNET COUNCIL METPRO CONTRACT Andrew Dismore, Labour candidate for the London Assembly for Barnet and Camden, has today submitted to Barnet Council’s District Auditor a request that the auditor conducts a section 8 public interest inquiry into the Council’s contracting arrangements, both generally and with specific reference to the MetPro […]
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