Dear editor This time last year, one issue over which the Conservatives particularly attacked Labour in the General Election, was the plan for a mansion tax on properties worth over £2 million, with unfounded scare stories about how much it would be. Imagine my surprise, therefore, to learn that the Conservatives are now proposing their very own mansion stealth tax, […]
Read moreDear Editor, Your article on Richard Gere’s film on homelessness (3/3/16) draws attention to an increasing problem not just in Camden, but across London. In 2009/10, the last year of the Labour Government there were 3613 people sleeping rough in London, according to homelessness charity St Mungo’s. Under the Conservatives, by 2014 /15 this had more than doubled to 7,581 […]
Read moreI recently visited Middlesex University students to see an exhibition they were promoting , about the problems facing students renting their first home. it is clear that many students were not aware of their rights, as it was the first time they were living away from home and their first experience of the private rental market. I was particularly […]
Read moreLondon Assembly Member Andrew Dismore has dubbed the Barnet Council scheme to build 19 tall buildings in the west of the borough as ‘Barnhattan’. Speaking to his motion at the London Assembly, Mr Dismore on tall buildings in the suburbs said the views of London from Barnet would be ‘ruined and obscured by a mass of oversized buildings. Speaking […]
Read moreLabour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore has called for a greater focus on the needs of students when making housing policy. Speaking after successfully moving his motion at the London Assembly plenary, passed unanimously by the Assembly ( text below) Mr Dismore said that many students were not aware of their rights, as it was the […]
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