Barnet 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 moreEvening Standard Vulnerable children were held overnight in police cells an alarming 100 times every week last year, figures showed today. Scotland Yard recorded more than 3,000 cases of under-18s behind bars for at least four hours between midnight and 8am over a six-month period. The detentions occurred even though the law states children should be transferred to local authority […]
Read moreAt today’s London Assembly Mayor’s Question Time Labour London Assembly member Andrew Dismore AM challenged the Mayor over the growth of homelessness of families with children in London. Dismore questions Boris on rise in homeless children from Andrew Dismore on Vimeo. Mr Dismore asked the Mayor: ‘How many children were in homeless families in London at Christmas 2015?’ […]
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 […]
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