Andrew Dismore, Labour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden, has obtained figures from the Mayor of London that one loading bay on Falloden Way in Hampstead Garden Suburb alone issued 1490 penalty notices in 2012. Mr Dismore said: “Since May I have asked nine questions on this loading bay. To date only limited changes have been made. It is […]
Read moreAndrew Dismore, Labour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden, has raised with Secretary of State Michael Gove and Mayor Boris Johnson the exclusion of Hebrew from the list of prescribed languages that are to be taught in primary schools. (Letters attached) Mr Dismore said: “It is outrageous that Hebrew (either ancient tor modern) is not included in the official […]
Read moreLondon Mayor Boris Johnson was today urged to “focus on his day job”. The call came following statistics from the National Audit Office showing that London will be in need of 88,000 more primary school places by 2014/15. Leader of the Labour Group on the London Assembly, Len Duvall AM, is calling on the Mayor to use his position to […]
Read moreThe London Assembly[1] yesterday set out a package of emergency measures to break the vicious cycle on the high street which has led to an increase in empty shops across the capital – up five per cent to 3,400 in the past two years.[2] Open for Business says outer London high streets are particularly struggling, predominantly because of tough economic conditions […]
Read moreAndrew Dismore AM, Labour London Assembly member for Barnet and Camden, has today revealed National Housing Federation figures which show 2,000 Barnet householders will be hit by the Conservative led coalition Government’s ‘Bedroom Tax’, each losing on average £728 per year. Nationally, the Bedroom Tax will hit 660,000 households, two thirds of them home to someone with a disability at […]
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