This time last year, we were in the full swing of a General Election. One of the issues over which the Conservatives particularly attacked Labour, was the plan for a mansion tax on properties worth over £2 million, with all sorts of scare stories about how much it would be, and that it would be charged on less valuable properties. […]
Read moreCamden’s police officers are being routinely ‘abstracted’ from their local beats to plug gaps in London-wide public order operations new figures have revealed. The new data found that 728 officer shifts are being lost from Barnet and Camden police forces every month according to Metropolitan Police statistics provided to Labour’s London Assembly policing spokesperson Joanne McCartney. The figures showed […]
Read moreLondon Assembly Member Andrew Dismore has dubbed the Barnet Council scheme to build 19 tall buildings in the west of the borough as ‘Barnhattan’. Speaking to his motion at the London Assembly, Mr Dismore on tall buildings in the suburbs said the views of London from Barnet would be ‘ruined and obscured by a mass of oversized buildings. Speaking […]
Read moreLabour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore has called for a greater focus on the needs of students when making housing policy. Speaking after successfully moving his motion at the London Assembly plenary, passed unanimously by the Assembly ( text below) Mr Dismore said that many students were not aware of their rights, as it was the […]
Read moreLabour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore has called for a greater focus on the needs of students when making housing policy. Speaking after visiting Middlesex University in North London, Mr Dismore said many students were not aware of their rights, as it was the first time they were living away from home and their first experience […]
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