The period leading up to Christmas is one of the busiest for the Metropolitan police. Local Barnet and Camden London Assembly Member, Andrew Dismore AM, joined local officers to get an insight into the extra demands placed on officers keeping London safe throughout the festive period. Mr Dismore joined PC Gerry McGann and PCSO Mandy Nutt to walk the beat […]
Read moreAndrew Dismore, Labour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden today condemned the 1.9% Thameslink fare increase as an ‘unjustifiable kick in the teeth for hard pressed commuters’, which he contrasted with the ‘Mayor’s TfL fares freeze, a New year bonus for bus and tube users’. Mr Dismore said: ‘Thameslink under Govia has gone from bad to worse. When they […]
Read moreA&Es handling the most serious emergency cases across London are missing crucial waiting time targets, new analysis has shown. Almost all of the capital’s NHS Trusts running A&E departments failed to hit the Government’s target – to see 95% of patients within four hours – in every month over the past year. In Barnet and Camden, Royal Free London NHS […]
Read moreLabour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore AM has today written to Val Shawcross, the Deputy Mayor for Transport, expressing his continuing reservations over TfL’s plans for Cycle Superhighway 11 (letter attached: Letter to Val Shawcross cycle superhighway11). Mr Dismore said: ‘While some welcome progress has been made, I remain concerned about the very real risk of gridlock, […]
Read moreAt today’s Mayor’s Question Time, Andrew Dismore, London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden welcomed the decision to halt the sale of fire brigade buildings, to see how they could contribute to emergency service worker housing instead. (video here) Mr Dismore said: ‘Can I say how pleased I was to hear that the previous mayor’s plans to sell off Clerkenwell […]
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