No.1: 5th May to 4th June 2012 As it is now just a month since I was elected as the London Assembly member for Barnet and Camden, I thought you might like to have the first of what I plan to be a new series of reports from City Hall about what I have been doing, including in the […]
Read moreDuring the Mayors Question Time on 23rd May, Andrew Dismore AM questions Mayor Boris Johnson on current and future fully trained police numbers in London. The full minutes from this meeting can be found here. Below is the full transcript. Transcript of Mayors Question Time: Andrew Dismore pressing Mayor Johnson on Police Numbers. Jeanette Arnold (Chair): Can we now have […]
Read moreAndrew Dismore, Labour London Assembly member for Barnet and Camden, has raised the issue of future police numbers during Mayor’s question time. Mr Dismore challenged Conservative Mayor Johnson over his pledge to build police numbers London. Mr Dismore said: “Mayor Johnson was unable or unwilling g to say how many full time police officers and PCSOs he expects there to […]
Read moreFollowing on from my NHS piece yesterday, here you can read about some research i did into cuts of front line police after the London Riots, I hope you find it of interest. Best wishes, Andrew I have used the Freedom of Information Act to obtain the official Metropolitan Police figures. These show unambiguous cuts between May 2010, when the Conservative–led Coalition […]
Read more(This article also appeared on Left Foot Forward) Boris Johnson has announced his 9-point “Plan for London” but it has quickly attracted criticism from unexpected quarters. As The Times revealed (£) recently, Tory internal polling reveals many voters don’t know what the Tory Mayor has achieved in four years,and that Number 10 is concerned that Boris Johnson’s campaign plans are ‘underwhelming’ and that he doesn’t […]
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