Andrew Dismore, Labour London Assembly member for Camden and Barnet and member of the Fire Authority said: ‘Yet again we have seen how wrong it was to close Belsize Fire station. This is the second time this year we have seen how stretched the fire brigade is in answering emergencies in Camden when there is more than one incident […]
Read moreIn today’s City Hall Plenary debate Andrew Dismore, Labour Parliamentary Candidate for Hendon, London Assembly member for Barnet and Camden and London Fire Authority (LFEPA) member spoke against the plans of Mayor Boris Johnson to rig the membership of the Fire Authority in his favour. Mr Dismore said: “The Mayor wants to remove elected Borough Councillors and Assembly members from the […]
Read moreAndrew Dismore, Labour Parliamentary candidate for Hendon and London Assembly member for Barnet and Camden spoke out against the Mayor’s plan to change the membership of London’s Fire Authority to ensure that it has an inbuilt Conservative majority, when he spoke on the issue at Mayor’s Question Time on 19th March. (see webcast link below) At present, the Fire […]
Read moreAndrew Dismore and Labour PPC for Hampstead & Kilburn Tulip Siddiq joined local residents and campaigners this morning (Thursday) to oppose Boris’ Johnson’s cuts to the London Fire Brigade. The protest took place at Belsize Fire Station at 8.30am. The cuts took effect from 9am, meaning that across London there are now 10 fewer fire stations, 14 fewer fire […]
Read moreIn 1915, a fire station was opened in Belsize Park to protect local residents. On Thursday, nearly 100 years later, the Conservative Mayor Boris Johnson will close it down. The fire brigade risk their lives on a daily basis to protect us, and as local residents we owe them a debt of gratitude for their work over nearly a century […]
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