Dear 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 moreIn the near future, we will take the biggest decision affecting our country’s future: the European Union ‘in or out’ referendum. In the 1975 vote, I was a young student who voted ‘no’. 40 years on, we have a very different world. It would be much more momentous to leave an EU that is now 28 members strong at a […]
Read moreDear Editor, The news that PCSOs on ward Safer Neighbourhood Teams have been reprieved for another year is welcome- but it is appalling that as individuals they were put through so much uncertainty for so long by the Conservatives. It was only the unexpected U-turn due to public and political pressure that saved them. However, we should remember that the […]
Read moreDear Editor, The news that PCSOs on ward Safer Neighbourhood Teams have been reprieved for another year is welcome- but it is appalling that as individuals they were put through so much uncertainty for so long by the Conservatives. It was only the unexpected U-turn due to public and political pressure that saved them. However, we should remember that the […]
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