Dear editor, I read with disdain Conservative Cllr Oliver Cooper’s pathetic attempts to pull the wool over your readers’ eyes by trying to defend his Party’s atrocious police funding record by quoting dubious national figures out of context. The facts are these. The Conservative Government is enforcing £1billion of cuts to the Metropolitan Police since 2010, leading to London losing […]
Read moreAt today’s City Hall plenary to approve the Mayor’s culture strategy, Labour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore asked the Mayor: ‘How will your Culture Strategy reinforce and support the Draft London Plan in protecting London’s at-risk heritage, especially when a new development is proposed, bearing in mind the number of specialist heritage officer posts lost or […]
Read moreAlbert Embankment Question No: 2018/3582 Andrew Dismore What is the present position and anticipated timescales re the future of the Albert Embankment site and its redevelopment? Response The London Fire Commissioner has a Development Agreement with U and I Group Plc (U+I) for a comprehensive redevelopment of the 8 Albert Embankment site. This includes to retain and restore the Grade […]
Read moreMuch of the coverage of the Grenfell Tower Enquiry has rightly focused on the London Fire Brigade’s (LFB) operational response to that tragic incident on 14th June last year. But it’s also important to recognise the work that’s been done since Grenfell to deal with the impact of the fire on the LFB itself, along with the lessons learned by […]
Read moreLocal London Assembly Member, Andrew Dismore AM, has called upon eligible local organisations to urgently submit bids for free water refill points to be installed in the borough, ahead of Friday’s deadline. This comes on the back of City Hall’s recent announcement that £5 million of funding has been allocated towards the rollout of 100 new drinking fountains across the […]
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