Following the Mayor’s decision to approve the Mount Pleasant development scheme proposed by Royal Mail Group, Labour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden, Andrew Dismore AM, said: “As expected, Boris Johnson today gave planning permission to Royal Mail Group for their Mount Pleasant scheme, despite excellent representations from Islington and Camden Councils and the Mount Pleasant Association on behalf […]
Read more– Boris Johnson grants permission for 111 fewer affordable homes than could be built – Mayor accused of “trampling over the rights and views of local people” Boris Johnson’s expected decision to force through the controversial Mount Pleasant planning application despite local opposition at today’s planning hearing today has been labelled ‘shamefully counterproductive’ by Labour London Assembly Member Andrew Dismore. […]
Read moreFigures obtained by Andrew Dismore AM suggest where 588 frontline staff are set to be cut from across London Underground stations, with some stations losing up to 58% of staff. More than 32% of visible staff set to be axed from West Hampstead and Warren Street stations in Camden. Analysis of TfL staffing plans by Labour London […]
Read moreGerard Lyons, the Mayor’s Chief Economic Advisor, today called for interest rates to rise to 5 or 6 per cent, rather than the 2.5 per cent that the Governor of the Bank of England has suggested as the level to which rates should return in normal times. With the average house price in London now standing at £492,000, a rate […]
Read moreAndrew Dismore, Labour Parliamentary Candidate for Hendon and London Assembly member, speaking during the London Assembly plenary debate on the impact on postal services of TNT, criticised TNT and the threat it poses to the universal postal service. Mr Dismore said: “TNT have not provided a very good service in Barnet so far. In the early days of their contract, mail […]
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