The mayor of London Sadiq Khan has announced that Gospel Oak has been awarded £1.2 million for a range of high street improvement works to better serve the community through public realm improvements, intensification of existing workspace and support for the existing market. The Mayor’s “Good Growth Fund” aims to deliver social and economic improvements including investment in community assets, […]
Read moreThe Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has awarded £600,000 to help establish a sustainable and accessible community hub in the Holborn Community Association’s 60-year-old community centre to enable a 50 per cent increase in service provision to the Holborn community and the provision of affordable workspace. The bid was won through the Mayor’s “Good Growth Fund” which seeks to enable […]
Read moreAt today’s London Assembly plenary Andrew Dismore AM successfully proposed a motion to support the RNLI’s efforts to reduce deaths by drowning in the Thames. (video here) Mr Dismore said: ‘It may come as a surprise to some, to learn that significantly more people drown in our river each year than are killed when cycling on our roads. ‘Some drownings […]
Read moreAt today’s London Assembly meeting examining the Mayor’s transport strategy, Assembly member for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore AM challenged Mayor Sadiq Khan and London’s Transport Commissioner Mike Brown over the growing problems of tube noise on the Northern, Jubilee and Victoria lines serving his constituency. (video here) Mr Dismore told the Mayor: ‘I am pleased you have expanded Proposal […]
Read moreAndrew Dismore AM has expressed his anger at the Barnet Council Conservative Group nomination of Cllr Reuben Thompstone as their candidate to be Mayor of Barnet at the Council meeting last night. Cllr Thompstone is chair of the Children, Education, Libraries and Safeguarding Committee (CELS) and oversaw the children’s service receiving a failed rating by OFSTED inspectors last year. Cllr […]
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