A group of Labour Councillors and the local London Assembly Member have written to Barnet Council seeking to ensure that the new Thameslink Station at Brent Cross West will be fully accessible and step-free for wheelchair users. In a joint letter from London Assembly Member Andrew Dismore, Barnet Councillor Anne Clarke and Camden Councillor Lorna Russell, the three called for […]
Read moreWe desperately need to help more women into engineering. It is hard not to feel disappointed that, in 2018, our plea remains the same. Yet, four years on from the first National Women in Engineering Day, progress comes at a slow pace. It is a point of embarrassment that the UK is lagging behind when it comes to gender parity […]
Read moreThe first post-election decision taken by Barnet’s Conservative Council at the Council AGM has been to ban residents from speaking for more than 3 minutes at their own residents’ forums. Labour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore said this showed the contempt with which the Conservatives hold the residents of Barnet. Mr Dismore said: ‘The totalitarian Tories […]
Read moreResponding to the announcement today that all London boroughs have now signed-up to the Mayor’s rogue landlord checker, Labour London Assembly Member Andrew Dismore AM said: “Private renters in Barnet and Camden will benefit from the transparency the register provides. “We know that the vast majority of landlords are decent. Sadly there remains a small minority who take advantage of […]
Read moreAndrew Dismore AM, Labour London Assembly member for Barnet and Camden has welcomed the decision of the High Court, that the protocol of North Central London Coroner Mary Hassell was ‘unlawful’; ‘Irrational’ and ‘discriminatory’ in her approach to those who need prompt burials of deceased loved ones , for religious or cultural reasons. Mr Dismore said: ‘Yet again Ms Hassell […]
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