“Draconian” proposals to extend the congestion charge zone and remove free travel for under-18s and older Londoners should not be put back on the table by the Government during future TfL emergency funding negotiations, local Assembly Member, Andrew Dismore AM, has urged. At today’s London Assembly Plenary meeting, Mr Dismore voted in favour of a motion backing these calls. The […]
Read moreAt today’s London Assembly plenary on COVID-19 and London’s economy Labour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore AM questioned Councillor Georgia Gould, Local Enterprise Partnership for London (LEAP) Board Member, and Chair of the London Recovery Taskforce’s Economic Recovery Working Group, about the impact of poor full fibre broadband and digital exclusion on London, brought to the […]
Read moreThe number of rough sleepers recorded on Camden’s streets fell by 36% between July and September, compared to the same period in 2019. Local London Assembly Member, Andrew Dismore AM, has said that these figures, recently released by the Greater London Authority (GLA), reveal some of the “positive strides” that the ‘Everyone In’ campaign made on tackling homelessness in the […]
Read moreLabour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore has written to the three Barnet Conservative MPs, Mike Freer, Theresa Villiers and Matthew Offord, after details of the Government’s proposed funding support for TfL was published. The funding would come at the price of abolishing free travel for the over 60s and under 18s, an undisclosed hike in the […]
Read moreIn response to reports that the Government’s TfL emergency funding package will increase fares, expand the congestion charge zone, and reduce concessions, local London Assembly Member, Andrew Dismore AM, said: “If these reports are accurate and the Government moves ahead with this deal, it falls far short of what our transport services need and what Londoners deserve. “The refusal of […]
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