Category Archives: Press Releases

London Mayor’s Chief Economic Advisor calls for sky high interest rates of 5% or 6%

Gerard Lyons, the Mayor’s Chief Economic Advisor, today called for interest rates to rise to 5 or 6 per cent, rather than the 2.5 per cent that the Governor of the Bank of England has suggested as the level to which  rates should return in normal times. With the average house price in London now standing at £492,000, a rate […]

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Dismore slams TNT

Andrew Dismore, Labour Parliamentary Candidate for Hendon and London Assembly member, speaking during the London Assembly plenary debate on the impact on postal services of TNT, criticised TNT and the threat it poses to the universal postal service. Mr Dismore said: “TNT have not provided a very good service in Barnet so far. In the early days of their contract, mail […]

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Dismore opposes Mayor’s Fire Authority Gerrymander

In today’s City Hall Plenary  debate Andrew Dismore, Labour Parliamentary Candidate for Hendon, London Assembly member for Barnet and Camden and London Fire Authority (LFEPA) member  spoke against  the plans of Mayor Boris Johnson to rig the membership of the Fire Authority in his favour. Mr Dismore said: “The Mayor wants to remove elected Borough Councillors and Assembly members  from the […]

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Speaking up for London Archaeology

In today’s City Hall Plenary  questions  session with  Munira Mirza, Boris Johnson’s Deputy Mayor for Education and Culture , Andrew Dismore, Labour Parliamentary Candidate for Hendon, London Assembly member for Barnet and Camden and honorary Chair of Trustees of the Council of British Archaeology (London) raised the lack of mention of Archaeology in the 2014 ‘Cultural Metropolis’  Mayor’s cultural strategy […]

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