Labour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore denounced the budget announced yesterday by Chancellor of the Exchequer Phillip Hammond as “a disaster for London” Key budget headlines: Government fails to meet deficit reduction targets yet again, and will only deliver a surplus budget in 2025, 10 years after they promised to. Growth forecasts have been downgraded and […]
Read moreFollowing the Grenfell Tower fire, the Mayor asked London Fire Commissioner Dany Cotton to carry out an urgent review of London Fire Brigade’s (LFB) equipment. The Commissioner requested a list of extra equipment to ensure the Brigade is fully prepared for future incidents, as well as additional financial support to help with the ongoing costs of the post Grenfell Tower […]
Read moreWith no consultation about their plans, TfL has brought in timetable changes affecting seven night bus routes in Barnet and Camden. The changes double and in some cases triple the gaps between buses, and with the last bus much earlier than before on several of the routes. The justification was the introduction of the night tube. However, at today’s Mayor’s […]
Read moreAt City Hall’s Police and Crime Committee meeting, Andrew Dismore AM, questioned Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Martin Hewitt and Deputy Mayor for Policing Sophie Linden about the Camden and Islington borough merger evaluation (video: https://vimeo.com/243113966) Mr Dismore said: ‘The merger of Camden and Islington boroughs police has created a number of problems, not the least in response times to emergency […]
Read moreAt City Hall’s Police and Crime Committee meeting, Andrew Dismore AM, questioned Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Martin Hewitt and Deputy Mayor for Policing Sophie Linden about the moped crime wave. (Video: https://vimeo.com/243113943) Mr Dismore said: ‘Camden has the highest number of moped crimes this year, with over 4,000 between January and September. With Islington at over 3,500 too, that accounts […]
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