I again pressed Mayor Boris Johnson on the need for action over the panned far right Golders Green demonstration. I asked the Mayor to ensure that the rally would not be held on the tube station, its forecourt or the bus park and station outside, which are TfL land; and asked the Mayor to urge the police to impose conditions on the […]
Read moreI questioned Mayor Boris Johnson and the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, over the future of the remaining police stations in London, given the further £800 million of cuts demanded by the Conservative Government. Commissioner Bernard Hogan Howe has said that the coming cuts “Would inevitably mean fewer officers and buildings” The Met. still have about 400 buildings and 73 of […]
Read moreI questioned Mayor Boris Johnson and the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Bernard Hogan Howe at the London Assembly Plenary on 3rd June, over the need for action over the anti- Semitic rally planned by the far right in Golders Green. I said to the Mayor: ‘At Mayor’s questions 2 weeks ago I raised with you the intended far right demonstration […]
Read moreAs the London Assembly member for Barnet and Camden I have submitted my objections to the Council’s scheme to expropriate Pavilion Way fields for a free school. (For full objection click here.) Pavilion Way fields have been deliberately neglected by the Council so that they could have a self fulfilling prophesy of disuse enabling them to build on this vital green space. […]
Read moreOf course we would all like to see surgeries open seven days a week, but that means them being properly staffed. What’s concerning about the Health Secretary’s pledge is he makes no mention of how he will deliver it. In Barnet and Camden we already have a GP crisis on our hands. Practices are overstretched and we […]
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