Dear editor, No amount of handwringing by the Hampstead Conservative councillors who wrote last week over an appalling violent robbery can conceal the facts of what has happened on their watch. Whilst crime was falling when we had a Labour Government up to 2010 and for their inherited period after we left office , once the Conservatives’ draconian […]
Read moreDear editor So at last we have official recognition of the truth. Descending from Scotland Yard’s ivory tower, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan Howe told the police’s public road show meeting last week that crime in Barnet is increasing, despite Conservative protestations to the contrary. Year on year, total crime in Barnet is up 6.4% ( more than the […]
Read moreWater cannon Question No: 2015/2842 Andrew Dismore As the Home Secretary has now refused you permission to use them in London, what do you now intend to do with them? Written response from the Mayor Please see my response to MQ 2015/4316. Mayors‘ Statement Against Antisemitism Question No: 2015/3809 Andrew Dismore Have you signed the Mayors’ Statement Against […]
Read moreMy report from City Hall No.32 17th December 2015 to 29th January 2016 1 Introduction May I firstly wish everyone a belated Happy New Year? And what better way to start off January than the wonderful Lumiere festival. It gave a real boost to London restuarants and shops too, at a traditonaly quiet time for them, with an estmated million […]
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