My report from City Hall No.33: 30th January 2016 to 17th March 2016 1 Introduction This will be my last update from City Hall before the elections on 5th May, when my term of office expires. It has been a pleasure and privelege to serve you on the London Assembly for the last 4 years. I am standing for re-election, […]
Read moreBarnet businesses have found themselves “turfed out” of office buildings due to Conservative government changes to planning regulations, Local London Assembly Member Andrew Dismore AM, has found. New analysis by Mr Dismore revealed that Barnet is set to lose 69,195 square metres of office space, the equivalent of over 9 Wembley Stadium football pitches. This is a result […]
Read moreLondon Assembly and Fire Authority Member Andrew Dismore has won the argument in principle that the long-disused cottages at the rear of West Hampstead Fire Station should be brought back into use as key worker housing for firefighters. The Fire Authority resources committee on 10th March approved Mr Dismore’s proposal to look at the option of key worker rental, […]
Read moreThe Mayor of London’s promise to “double the number of Special Officers to 10,000” looks to be in tatters after the Met’s latest figures showed that there are now only 3,253 Specials in the capital, 43% fewer than in May 2012 when he made the pledge. In Barnet and Camden the number fell 41% from 424 in May 2012 to […]
Read moreDismore slams Lib Dem and Green ‘useless incompetence’ ——– Labour London Assembly and Fire Authority Member Andrew Dismore has slammed the Lib Dem and Green Fire Authority members for failing to turn up at the critical meeting called to decide whether to accept or defy the Mayor’s direction to cut 13 fire engines from the London Fire Brigade. Due to […]
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