The number of Londoners complaining about noise from passing tube trains has gone up threefold since 2012, new figures reveal. Residents in the capital report sleepless nights, problems renting out their properties, and inadequate responses from Transport for London. Andrew Dismore AM, the Assembly Member who requested the figures from the Mayor, said TfL needed to “up their game” when […]
Read moreThe 46 and 214 bus routes, which run from Lancaster Gate to St Bartholomew’s Hospital and from Finsbury Square to Highgate Village are to be served by fully-electric buses, after an announcement by Mayor of London Sadiq Khan. Labour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore welcomed the move, saying: ‘The Mayor made tacking air pollution a […]
Read moreLabour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore has blasted Barnet Council after the Children’s Services Department were rated “inadequate” by OFSTED. The report inspected services for children in need of help and protection, looked after children and care leavers, as well as the effectiveness of the Safeguarding Children Board. The executive summary of the report, said: […]
Read moreLabour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore has excoriated Barnet Council for not bidding to become the London Borough of Culture (LBC). The winner of the LBC competition is set to receive funding for a “game changing” cultural programme. Mr Dismore said that Barnet Council’s lack of desire to bid was “symptomatic of the Council Conservative administration’s […]
Read moreLondon Assembly member for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore AM attacked Barnet Council’s failure to act on complaints over the parking of vehicles used by Uber drivers in Colindale residential streets, when speaking at Hendon Area Forum last night. Mr Dismore also retuned to the theme, at the London Assembly plenary meeting today. Mr Dismore told the Forum: […]
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