The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has issued a letter to Barnet Council outlining his concerns about a scheme to turn Barnet House in Whetstone into 229 flats. The Mayor’s stage 1 determination states that the application does not comply with the London Plan because only 10% of the units would be affordable. The Mayor’s report states that: “Given the […]
Read moreLabour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore visited the High Street in High Barnet this week in an effort to drum up support for local businesses in the run up to small business Saturday on 2nd December. Mr Dismore said: ‘I wrote to Barnet Council urging more effort to promote Small Business Saturday. There is more and […]
Read moreBrexit has lost UK economy £300m per week since EU referendum result, analysis finds – The Independent The difference between the estimated Remain vote counterfactual path and the actual path of UK GDP by the third quarter of 2017 is 1.3 per cent of GDP, or around £20bn The Leave campaign claimed Brexit would result in a £350m a week dividend […]
Read moreThe budget last week provided no addition funding for education, which means millions of pounds are still set to be cut from school budgets in London, according to Labour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore. The Government’s “fairer funding formula” is set to reduce school funding across the country by £1.4 billion. Barnet will lose £23 million, […]
Read moreThe budget announced by Chancellor of the Exchequer Phillip Hammond is a culmination of 7 years of “disastrous economic policies”, according to Labour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore. The Government failed to meet deficit reduction targets yet again, and will only deliver a surplus budget after 2025, 10 years after they promised to. Growth forecasts have […]
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