My report from City Hall No.33: 30th January 2016 to 17th March 2016 1 Introduction This will be my last update from City Hall before the elections on 5th May, when my term of office expires. It has been a pleasure and privelege to serve you on the London Assembly for the last 4 years. I am standing for re-election, […]
Read moreI have continued to battle with the Mayor over his intention to overrule the Fire Authority and to impose unnecessary cuts of 13 fire engines. The Mayor admitted he did not know of extent of fire station closures- but orders cuts anyway. Boris Johnson thinks having 9 fire stations off the run is a “pointless statistic”. The public are also […]
Read moreLondon Assembly and Fire Authority Member Andrew Dismore has won the argument in principle that the long-disused cottages at the rear of West Hampstead Fire Station should be brought back into use as key worker housing for firefighters. The Fire Authority resources committee on 10th March approved Mr Dismore’s proposal to look at the option of key worker rental, […]
Read moreLetter for publication: why I have resigned as Chair of Fire Authority Resources Committee It is a sad irony that in the same week we read of the accidental death inquest verdict into the demise of Mr Choi Yip, the 85 year old who jumped from his burning third floor Camden flat, we also read of the plans of a […]
Read more10/3/16 Ed Williams Clerk to the Authority, LFEPA Dear Mr Williams, Please take this letter as my resignation as chair of LFEPA Resources Committee with immediate effect. Working within the Mayor’s financial envelope, I spent a lot of time and effort with Fire Brigade officers over many months developing a budget for the Fire Brigade that both balanced the books […]
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