The Metropolitan Police’s response to my Freedom of Information requests concerning London Assembly member Brian Coleman clearly reveal that he has not written once to the Met since 2008 about police officer numbers, Safer Neighbourhood Teams or their deployments. This was confirmed by a further FoI after the riots, which he also did not write about. He may well have […]
Read moreOn Sunday, I was out and about with the ward councillors in Regents’ Park, asking residents about policing and security. People were overwhelmingly willing to sign our petition protesting at the cuts in police numbers being implemented by London Mayor Boris Johnson and the Conservative led coalition Government. Whilst the Mayor protests that he has not cut the police I […]
Read moreMETROPOLITAN POLICE SERVICE Borough 2010/11 actual costs and 2011/12 cost budgets Borough/Unit 2010/11 costs 2011/12 budget Barking & Dagenham £ 29,299,118 £ 28,568,678 Barnet £ 40,273,860 £ 39,096,690 Bexley £ 28,500,835 £ 26,367,150 Brent £ 45,192,733 £ 45,064,898 Bromley £ 35,927,990 £ 33,415,896 Camden £ 55,068,918 £ 52,956,948 City of Westminster £ 107,746,387 £ 104,373,734 Croydon £ 50,059,646 £ 46,559,236 […]
Read morePRESS RELEASE: IMMEDIATE: SHORTFALL IN BARNET AND CAMDEN’S POLICE BUDGET REVEALED Andrew Dismore, Labour’s London Assembly candidate for Barnet and Camden has called for a rethink on police cuts as new figures show the two Borough’s police face a £3.289 million shortfall in the current year. Camden Borough police spent £55,068,918 last year. But figures released by the Metropolitan Police […]
Read moreWith my campaign team over the last few months, I have been collecting signatures on my petition against the cuts in police numbers. Little did we then expect what was going to happen with riots on our streets! The recent appalling events have shown just how important it is to maintain police numbers both in London and in the rest […]
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