Dear editor, Your continuing recent coverage of problems at our local hospitals brings home the extent of under-resourcing, understaffing, and increased workloads. NHS data show a continuing trend of missed A and E waiting times for the most serious (Type-1) emergency cases across London, including at the Royal Free and Barnet. A&Es are expected to treat 95% […]
Read moreDear editor, I find it incredible that my Conservative opponent in the forthcoming London Assembly elections still claims he hasn’t made up his mind about the EU referendum, unlike the Conservative candidate for Mayor, who is a confessed ‘Brexiter’. What is even more incredible, is that the Conservative Assembly candidate has said the issue of Europe has nothing to do […]
Read moreUnder Boris Johnson, the Conservatives cut 26 fire engines and 1,172 firefighters from London Fire Brigade. They closed fire stations, including Belsize and Clerkenwell. Attendance times in Camden were the worst affected in London. The Brigade took 13 minutes to answer a fatal fire call last October. In March, a house neighbouring closed Belsize was almost destroyed by fire. They’ve […]
Read more28% of police officers in Barnet and Camden’s borough police forces now have less than two years in the job, new analysis from Labour London Assembly Member Andrew Dismore AM has revealed. The number of officers with less than two years’ experience in Barnet and Camden has risen from 104 to 349 in the last three years. The increasing […]
Read moreLondon Fire BrigadeQuestion No: 2016/1082 Andrew Dismore How many pump fire appliances did the London Fire Brigade have when you first came to office, and how many will it have after your directive to cut 13 more has taken effect; how many fire stations were there then and are there now; and how many operational firefighters were there, and will […]
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