The budget last week provided no addition funding for education, which means millions of pounds are still set to be cut from school budgets in London, according to Labour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore. The Government’s “fairer funding formula” is set to reduce school funding across the country by £1.4 billion. Barnet will lose £23 million, […]
Read moreThe budget announced by Chancellor of the Exchequer Phillip Hammond is a culmination of 7 years of “disastrous economic policies”, according to Labour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore. The Government failed to meet deficit reduction targets yet again, and will only deliver a surplus budget after 2025, 10 years after they promised to. Growth forecasts have […]
Read moreAt the Fire Authority (LFEPA) meeting on 23rd November, Andrew Dismore AM, London Assembly member for Barnet and Camden challenged the Conservatives to say which financial reserves from either the Fire Authority itself or the wider GLA should be used to meet the funding gap caused by the additional demands for equipment and running costs recommended by the Fire Commissioner, […]
Read moreAndrew Dismore, a member of the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority, has castigated the Government for failing to honour pledges made in the aftermath of the Grenfell Fire in the budget. The Labour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden also said the Government’s continued austerity programme was making citizens less safe. The Chancellor’s budget failed to provide extra […]
Read moreThe crisis in London’s NHS will not be tackled by measures announced in the budget this week by Chancellor of the Exchequer Phillip Hamond, says Labour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore. Across England last year, NHS trusts were £791 million in deficit. Only 5 out of 133 hospital trusts across the country achieved the 4-hour waiting […]
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