During the 2015/16 football season, the number of police officers deployed to football clubs cost London taxpayers over £5 million net – that’s the equivalent of 93 constables. More recent evidence suggests the figure could be as high as almost £8 million net. The London Assembly agreed a motion today that asks Mayor Sadiq Khan to lobby the Government for […]
Read moreThe Metropolitan Police has launched a #giveupyourgun campaign as part of a week long firearm surrender. The campaign will give people in Barnet and Camden the opportunity to safely dispose of firearms, imitation weapons or ammunition. The most recent figures show gun crime in Barnet and Camden is up by 28%. Local London Assembly Member Andrew Dismore described the opportunity […]
Read moreA report by the Community Safety Trust (CST) has revealed a shocking rise in anti-Semitic incidents in the UK. There were 1,309 incidents in 2016, a rise of 36% from 2015, when 960 incidents happened. The previous record year was 2014, with 1,182 incidents, especially during August around the time of the Gaza conflict. The figures were published in the […]
Read moreBarnet and Camden residents are being urged to report incidents of homophobic and other LGBT+ hate crimes. The call from local London Assembly Member, Andrew Dismore, comes after analysis showed an 11% increase in the number of LGBT+ crimes reported to police in Barnet and Camden in the last year. Statistics from the Metropolitan Police also reveal a 13% […]
Read moreLabour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore has written to the Council’s Chief Executive, John Hooton, to raise the shambles of Barnet Council’s planning department’s failed presentation at last week’s Planning Appeal over the cemetery land in Mill Hill. Mr Dismore said: ‘The Council made a real horlicks of this very sensitive and controversial planning appeal to […]
Read more