Category Archives: Press Releases

Bungling Barnet Council caught out again over Abbots depot

Residents campaigning against a new Barnet Council Abbots Waste Depot, have exposed a false claim by Barnet Council that work on the site was being carried out under the Considerate Constructors Scheme (CCS).   After the Coppies Grove residents’ association wrote to CCS to complain about dust being blown into the estate from the works, CCS disclosed that the contractor […]

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London Assembly calls for management of EU Referendum vote to be removed from ‘Bungling Barnet’

The first meeting of the new London Assembly has today called for the running of the EU Referendum vote in Barnet to be removed from Barnet Council, “Following the electoral fiasco during the Mayoral and London Assembly elections.”   The Assembly passed a motion proposed by Andrew Dismore, Labour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden, calling for:   London […]

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Dismore: Barnet Council has many questions to answer after “disgraceful shambles” election

Dismore demands Cornelius’s resignation     Labour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore has  hit out at  Conservative Barnet Council over last week’s election-day fiasco that saw voters turned away from polling booths as the wrong electoral register was sent to all polling stations across the Borough.   Barnet Chief Executive and Returning Officer Andrew Travers stepped […]

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Mill Hill East Tube and Thameslink : welcome announcement from Sadiq Khan

Labour London Assembly Member and candidate for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore AM has welcomed the announcement from Sadiq Khan, Labour candidate for Mayor of London, concerning step free access at Mill Hill East and Thameslink services .   Sadiq Khan said: ‘If Andrew and I  are  elected, we will ensure TfL review plans for step-free access at Mill Hill […]

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Conservative police cuts mean 28% of Met officers in Barnet and Camden have less than two years’ experience

28% of police officers in Barnet and Camden’s borough police forces now have less than two years in the job, new analysis from Labour London Assembly Member Andrew Dismore AM has revealed.   The number of officers with less than two years’ experience in Barnet and Camden has risen from 104 to 349 in the last three years. The increasing […]

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