Category Archives: Press Releases

1,632 Barnet and Camden households needed help from councils to avoid homelessness in first six months of national outbreak

1,073 households in Barnet and 559 households in Camden facing homelessness were owed help by the councils in the first six months of the national COVID-19 outbreak, the latest Government data has shown. Local London Assembly Member, Andrew Dismore AM, has warned that this figure is likely to be the “tip of the iceberg” when it comes to the number […]

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Mayor’s budget gets local Assembly Member’s backing

The Mayor of London’s Budget was passed today after receiving the backing of local London Assembly Member, Andrew Dismore AM. The Budget is the last of this Mayoral term and commits millions to tackling violent crime and London’s economic recovery from the pandemic. Mr Dismore said that he was supporting it because of its “huge focus” on supporting businesses, addressing […]

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Dismore welcomes extra cash for Fire Brigade but questions Mayor over Future Finances

At today’s Mayor’s Question Time, Labour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore AM welcomed the Mayor’s extra £15m awarded to the London Fire Brigade for 2021/22 but questioned London Mayor Sadiq Khan over the future financial settlement for London Fire Brigade. Mr Dismore asked the Mayor: ‘It is the case isn’t it, that the Government have made […]

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Latest Premier House scheme shows extent of government cladding failures

A new scheme announced by Betterpride, owners of Premier House in Edgware, would heighten the building by three floors in order to pay for work to remove dangerous Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding on the exterior of the building. Labour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore said that this was not an acceptable way of remediating cladding […]

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