Free under-18s travel in London must be not be scrapped, local London Assembly Member, Andrew Dismore AM, has urged, joining calls that have been made by the Mayor of London. This comes in the wake of the Government’s proposed suspension of the concession as one of the terms of its recent bailout of Transport for London (TfL), amidst the Covid-19 […]
Read moreBarnet and Camden’s London Assembly Member Andrew Dismore has again called for the sacking of controversial Coroner Mary Hassell. The inner north London Coroner (which covers part of Mr Dismore’s constituency in Camden) has had several run-ins with the Jewish and Muslim communities over the years, firstly at her previous office in Wales, and more recently when she instituted a […]
Read moreAt today’s Mayor’s Question Time, Andrew Dismore AM, Labour London Assembly member for Barnet and Camden questioned Mayor Sadiq Khan over the Government lack of preparedness for the Covid 19 outbreak in light of Operation Cygnus recommendations. Exercise Cygnus was a pandemic preparedness exercise carried out in October 2016 that revealed a variety of problems with the UK’s response. The […]
Read moreAt today’s Mayor’s Question Time, Andrew Dismore AM, Labour London Assembly member for Barnet and Camden asked Mayor Sadiq Khan to consider making face coverings compulsory on buses and the tube. Mr Dismore asked the Mayor: ‘You have made clear that you think people on the public transport network should wear face coverings. You asked the Government to make this […]
Read moreAt a meeting of the London Assembly Oversight Committee, the Minister for London Paul Scully MP was challenged on the government’s version of events relating to the punitive Government financial package provided to Transport for London (TfL). Answering Conservative Assembly Member Keith Prince, who asked whether it was the Government who insisted that the Congestion Charge and Ultra-Low Emmission Zone […]
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