Responding to the Prime Minister’s announcement of £20m funding to teach Muslim women in the UK to speak English, London Assembly Member, Andrew Dismore AM, said: “Whilst of course this funding is welcome, it will support the very people who had this help ripped away from them only last year. Without a good grasp of the English language people […]
Read moreDear editor, Your story about the huge increase in homeless people living on the streets in Camden is deeply troubling, if not unexpected. Many are mentally and/ or physically ill, and many are former discharged service personnel, all of whom deserve better. It is the inevitable consequence of the Conservative Government’s and Conservative Mayor’s housing polices, which use […]
Read moreDear editor, There is a feeling of ‘déjà vu all over again’ in your story ‘residents feel short changed’ (14/1/16) about the Brent Cross/ Cricklewood scheme, which means leaseholders will see their homes being subjected to forced compulsory purchase, with compensation below what residents rightly believe their homes to be worth. Last year, this is exactly what Barnet […]
Read moreRoyal Free Hospital bus shelter Question No: 2015/4047 Andrew Dismore The bus shelter at the closest stop to the Royal Free Hospital is privately owned by JC Decaux, and I understand is in the process of being replaced. with the advent of bad weather, will you prevail upon them to do this work straight away? Written response from the Mayor […]
Read moreCommenting on yesterday’s strike by junior doctors, Labour’s London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore AM said: “Our junior doctors do an amazing job but are being placed under more and more strain as a result of the Government’s underinvestment in the NHS. Now they are being told they will have to work longer hours, including weekends […]
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