At June’s Mayor’s questions, I raised with the Mayor the forthcoming Fire Safety Plan, due in 2017, and in particular, whether it was going to be cost driven or risk driven. I attended the Finchley Fire Station Open Day; and the Highgate Cemetery memorial service for firefighters who over the years gave their lives in the line of duty.
Read moreNo.34: 5th May 2016 to 15th June 2016 1 Introduction Wecome to my first update from City Hall after the elections on 5th May, and to the new regime at City Hall, with our new Mayor of London Sadiq Khan. May I firstly thank all those who voted for me to continue as your London Assembly member, and for your […]
Read moreThis will be the last year of the Fire Authority before it is abolished next year. We have yet to fully reconstitute the Authority for the year, though the Mayor has appointed Fiona Twycross AM, formerly the deputy Chair, as Chair of the Authority.
Read moreThe Conservative candidate for Mayor Zac Goldsmith has a manifesto 91 pages long: but nowhere in it does he make even the briefest mention of his intentions towards the London Fire Brigade. The Conservative Assembly candidate for Barnet and Camden has had nothing to say either. Is this because they are ashamed of what Boris Johnson’s cuts have done to […]
Read moreUnder Boris Johnson, the Conservatives cut 26 fire engines and 1,172 firefighters from London Fire Brigade. They closed fire stations, including Belsize and Clerkenwell. Attendance times in Camden were the worst affected in London. The Brigade took 13 minutes to answer a fatal fire call last October. In March, a house neighbouring closed Belsize was almost destroyed by fire. They’ve […]
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