So Theresa Villiers MP (Times 2/11/17) criticises the Mayor for the decision to close Barnet Police Station’s front counter, (though there will be local sessions for those who wish to have a face to face discussion with a police officer). What she abjectly fails to criticise, is her Conservative Government’s decisions, time and again, to deprive the Metropolitan Police of […]
Read moreLabour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore has welcomed news that the Metropolitan Police will be using new tactics to combat moped crime. Police will be using scrambler motorbikes, DNA spray and mobile spikes to help tackle an increasingly prominent and common crime. DNA spray lasts for weeks, and has already been used 4 times, leading to […]
Read morePlease see article in Politico: The National Institute for Economic and Social Research said the economic slowdown in the UK is directly attributable to the vote to leave the European Union. By TOM MCTAGUE 11/1/17, 1:01 AM CET Updated 11/1/17, 4:03 AM CET British families are £600 a year worse off because of Brexit, a leading British think tank reported Wednesday. […]
Read morePlease see below a communication to me from MOPAC regarding the Public Access Strategy implications for Barnet and Camden: Following a substantial consultation with Londoners, today we have published the joint MOPAC/MPS Public Access Strategy. This can be found here. We publish this Strategy at a time of unprecedented pressure on the MPS’s budget – having had to save £600m since […]
Read moreYou may be interested in the below article from Bloomberg: Brexit’s Retail Mess: You Can’t Move a Supermarket to Frankfurt . Import-reliant U.K. retailers struggle with contingency plans . No-deal Brexit could cause port delays and empty shelves Banks can hightail it from the U.K. For retailers threatened by Brexit, it’snot so easy they’ve got to stay put even […]
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