Responding to the announcement that rail fares on will rise by up to 3.6%, Local London Assembly Member, Andrew Dismore AM, said: “We’ve come to expect the Conservative Government to hike up fares year on year now, but that’s no comfort to my constituents who are paying passengers on Thameslink and Great Northern services. They have to deal with […]
Read moreThe School of African and Oriental Studies (SOAS) has decided to stop outsourcing core support services. This means all support staff working for central facilities teams will now be directly employed by the University. Around 120 staff working as cleaners, caterers, receptionists and other roles will now be on the equal terms and conditions as existing directly employed staff. […]
Read moreAt today’s Mayor’s Question Time, London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore AM asked London Mayor Sadiq Khan what action he could take, to prevent London’s school children losing out on a good standard of education as a result of the Government’s underfunding of London schools. (see video here) The DfE has admitted that the main group of […]
Read moreMayor says Government’s reply to request for additional money “Disappointing” At today’s Mayor’s Question Time, London Assembly member for Barnet and Camden and Fire Authority member Andrew Dismore AM asked London Mayor Sadiq Khan what response he has had so far to his request for additional funding for the fire service, and what the consequences would be, if the […]
Read moreLondon Assembly member for Barnet and Camden and Fire Authority member Andrew Dismore AM welcomed London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s letter to the Chief Executive of the Football League, over the cost to Londoners of policing football in the capital. (See letter to Richard Scudamore here) Mr Dismore has been campaigning on the issue of the cost to the Met, currently running […]
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