London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore AM has condemned the Government’s continued refusal to scrap their suspension of free travel for thousands of young Londoners. Mr Dismore said that despite some recent climbdowns on the proposals by the Department for Transport (DfT), the poorest families are still set to be “hit the hardest” by the current version […]
Read moreLondon received up to four times less funding from the Government’s Safer Streets scheme than smaller areas of the country with lower amounts of crime, according to Home Office figures. London Assembly Member, Andrew Dismore AM, said that the capital is being “ludicrously short-changed” by the Government when it comes to investment in tackling crime. Government figures show that the […]
Read moreNew concerns around the Government’s Huawei ban for 5G and how it could impact the Emergency Services Network programme for blue light emergency services, which ensures they can talk to each other during any incident, have been raised by the London Assembly Fire, Resilience and Emergency Planning Committee today. The Emergency Services Network programme is set to change radically the way […]
Read moreLondon firefighters are spending over 4,000 hours per month visiting high rise blocks where fire safety failings have resulted in ‘Stay Put’ advice being suspended. Labour’s London Assembly Fire and Resilience Spokesperson, Andrew Dismore AM, who obtained these figures from a series of written questions to the Mayor, said that the Government’s “dither and delay” over removing dangerous cladding from […]
Read moreGrime artist Wiley has posted a message on Facebook stating that he plans on visiting Golders Green in the aftermath of controversial comments posted to his twitter feed last week. The artist was banned from the platform after a 48-hour boycott to protest against inaction by the social media giant. Writing on Facebook, he said “Who called the police? Are […]
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