Local London Assembly Member Andrew Dismore AM has raised problems with the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan’s office about the lack of capacity on school bus routes in Barnet. Due to restrictions in the number of passengers allowed on the 606 bus between Queensbury and the Totteridge Academy, students were not able to get on board. The removal of the […]
Read moreLondon Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore AM has condemned the Government’s continued refusal to scrap their suspension of free travel for thousands of young Londoners. Mr Dismore said that despite some recent climbdowns on the proposals by the Department for Transport (DfT), the poorest families are still set to be “hit the hardest” by the current version […]
Read moreLocal London Assembly Member, Andrew Dismore AM, is encouraging organisations to apply for a share of £2.1 million of new City Hall funding to support vulnerable young Londoners who have been impacted by the Covid-19 outbreak. This investment pot, which has come out of the Mayor’s Young Londoners Fund and Violence Reduction Unit (VRU), will be targeted at helping those deemed most […]
Read moreFree under-18s travel in London must be not be scrapped, local London Assembly Member, Andrew Dismore AM, has urged, joining calls that have been made by the Mayor of London. This comes in the wake of the Government’s proposed suspension of the concession as one of the terms of its recent bailout of Transport for London (TfL), amidst the Covid-19 […]
Read moreCamden Council’s youth services have been rated as outstanding by HM inspectorate. Camden has now become the first borough in London to be rated outstanding under the new inspection framework. Local London Assembly Member, Andrew Dismore AM, said: “I welcome this excellent news and congratulate the staff, young people and the Council on their incredible achievement. Camden Council really set themselves […]
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