Andrew Dismore

Dear Editor   The  reports that squatters have occupied the now closed Hampstead Police Station is clearly an unacceptable, but perhaps predictable development given the lackadaisical attitude of the Mayor towards the building’s security. what prospect is there of protecting ordinary citizens from burglary, when entry to one of the Met’s own buildings is achieved so easily?   I have […]

Dear editor, So Conservative  Barnet Council have now decided to remove  the benches placed by grieving relatives to commemorate loved ones at the   privatised now Capita controlled  Hendon  crematorium. Privatising crematoria and cemeteries never works. Look what happened when Westminster  Council under Lady Porter flogged off their three  cemeteries and crematorium  ( including 2 in Barnet) for 15p. They were […]

Dear editor, In the 10 years between the 2001 and 2011 censuses, the numbers of households renting privately in Barnet rocketed by 55% to reach 26% of all households, reaching  34,854 households in total. Ever  since then, the numbers have continued to rise as a result of the huge development we are seeing in the borough. In Hendon there has […]

Dear editor, The 71% increase in people living in Barnet who are in work yet also claiming Housing Benefit is the result of the Conservative Government’s failure to make work pay, tackle the cost-of-living crisis and build the new homes for rent we desperately need. These shocking figures are an indictment of the Conservative Government and Barnet’s Conservative MPs. This […]

Letter for publication   Dear editor   I  welcome the demise  of the First Capital Connect Thameslink franchise, with the news that the contract has now been awarded to Govia. FCC could not  run the  railway. It was the most unpopular line in the country last year, which was no surprise to users of the line. I am seeking an […]