I took the opportunity of the first Mayor’s Question Time to raise the plight of residents in Barnet’s West Hendon and Grahame Park regenerations, who have had such a raw deal from the Conservative Council. This is an issue to which I will return, as I am very concerned that Barnet should no longer get away with approving developments with […]
Read moreLabour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore AM raised the plight of West Hendon and Grahame Park residents affected by the ‘regeneration’ of their estates with new London Mayor Sadiq Khan, during the first new Mayor’s Question Time on 25th May Dismore questions Sadiq on tenants rights in West Hendon and Grahame Park from Andrew Dismore on […]
Read moreDear editor, Having served Barnet and Camden London Assembly constituency for 4years, I have seen at first hand the difference that strong Labour leadership is making to the people of Camden. Camden, under Sarah Hayward’s excellent leadership, is seen as one of the most innovative and forward thinking Labour councils in London. Meanwhile Conservative Barnet is closing libraries, privatising services […]
Read moreWhat chutzpah the Conservatives display ! Cllr Thomas, and his mentor disgraced former Conservative London Assembly Member Brian Coleman, have had the cheek to boast on Twitter about Barnet’s supposed housing success story, arguing that Camden “should be more ambitious with regeneration of estates.” What has being “more ambitious” with regeneration meant in Barnet under the deputy leadership of Cllr […]
Read moreConservative Barnet’s mismanagement of housing doesn’t stop with West Hendon. Grahame Park’s 1,777 homes comprise the largest council estate in Barnet. Conservative Cllr Thomas is behind the demolition of 1,314 of these homes. The exact proportion of replacement social homes is still to be finalised but the new estate will be around 2,000 privately-owned and at best 1,000 social homes, […]
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