Dear editor Your frequent and consistent reports of Thameslink’s failings mean the decision to transfer control of the line to TfL is a welcome one. However It is outrageous that hard pressed commuters who use the Thameslink service will have to wait 5 years until this happens to the most unpopular railway line in the whole country. I have been […]
Read moreBarnet Press Left to Right: Serving meals are Strawberry Vale residents Jon and Emma Hodge, who are also members of Church@Five, Emma Morris, member of Church@Five, Laurence Williamson of the Strawberry Vale Residents Association, East Finchley councillor Arjun Mittra, Barnet and Camden London Assembly member Andrew Dismore, East Finchley councillor Alison Moore, and British Red Cross volunteer Stefan Enescu and […]
Read moreAt today’s Mayor’s Budget Question Time, Labour London Assembly and Fire Authority member Andrew Dismore AM challenged London Mayor Boris Johnson over his approach to cuts in the fire service. Mr Dismore asked the Mayor: ‘Do you agree with LFEPA Resources Committee, that operational changes are best introduced, so far as possible, as part of a comprehensive package […]
Read moreHendon Times The number of unemployed in the borough of Barnet is higher than the national average, according to figures. Latest figures show that out of 375,000 people in the borough, 188,000 of them were economically active yet around 11,000 of those were unemployed, The rate is 6.2 cent compared to 5.4 per cent nationally. London Assembly member for […]
Read moreAndrew Dismore, London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden, has revealed the ten most dangerous pedestrian crossings in his constituency and is calling for urgent action to improve safety at the ten accident hotspots. Top of the list in Camden is St Giles Circus with 9 pedestrian accidents in two years, followed by two crossings on the Euston Road […]
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