Dear editor, Runaway housing costs in the capital are massively pushing up the number of children living in poverty official statistics showed recently. Official measurements of child poverty, which exclude housing costs, suggest that in London some 300,000 children live in poverty. When you add in housing costs however the number rockets by 400,000 – meaning almost three […]
Read moreThe Government is “stealing” £90m of funding for new council homes in London including Barnet and Camden. The missing money is contributing to a disturbing situation where it is becoming more and more difficult for people in Barnet to access affordable housing including council homes. This is after a letter from Housing Minister Brandon Lewis MP admitted that between […]
Read moreAndrew Dismore, London Assembly member for Barnet and Camden and member of the London Fire Authority has established that the local fire service in Camden was seriously under strain on last Saturday evening, 4th July. Mr Dismore said: ‘I understand that on Saturday night 4th July, a number of serious fires broke out over the course of […]
Read moreI secured extraordinary admissions during question at the Assembly Regeneration Committee hearings into transport led regeneration. The developer witness, Martyn Evans of Cathedral Group, frankly admitted that developers pull the wool over the eyes of Council planning departments over ‘viability’ assessments, which amongst other things are instrumental in deciding how many homes in a given development will be ‘affordable’. Mr Evans […]
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