Letter for publication In his letter of 26th June, David Statham, managing director of First Capital Connect, suggests that he offered to meet me a number of times this year. This is not true. I have had no invitation to meet him or anyone else from FCC. If I had been invited I would have accepted, but I do not […]
Read moreIn May 2010, when I was still Labour MP for Hendon, there were no infant school age children in Barnet learning in oversized classes. New figures show there are now 1,343 Barnet infant school children sitting in overcrowded classrooms of more than 30 pupils, at a time that is vital to their future development and progress. Barnet children are paying the price of […]
Read moreDear Editor, Cllr Cornelius, Conservative leader of Barnet Council, has shown just how out of touch he is by suggesting that the average person in the street would think it was fair to cut £45,000 from Mapledown School. (Times 27/3/14) He was banking on your readers not seeing the heart rending account on your front page of what this means […]
Read moreProfessor Alderman ( letters 10/4/14) is right about the need for a pelican crossing on Colindeep Lane and he is right about the foot dragging, buck passing , and lack of information from Conservative Barnet Council. They blamed TfL, so I raised the issue at the last Mayor’s Question Time. The answer was: Barnet’s completed scheme submission was received […]
Read moreLetter for publication Marco Polo school Dear editor, The decision to drop the plans for the Marco Polo school, the announcement of which was quietly hidden in the Council’s website, no doubt in an attempt “to bury bad news” raises many questions Conservative Barnet Council now must answer: 1 Why was this flagship scheme surreptitiously dropped by the Council and […]
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