September Policing and Crime update

  The key issues have been the borough mergers (and impact especially on emergency calls); police public access and engagement strategy (including station closures) and the Met Police funding crisis.   I have prepared a police funding briefing update   At this month’s MQT I questioned the Mayor on the mergers and police finance (video and transcripts of exchanges below).   […]

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Met Police Funding Update September 2017

Introduction: Summary    The Metropolitan Police Service is underfunded by central government and having had to make £600 million pounds worth of savings since 2010, and is having to find another £400 million pounds in savings by the end of the decade.   The Conservative Manifesto does not guarantee police budgets, opening up potential for further cuts which undermine the […]

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Dismore welcomes plan to bring West Hampstead Fire Station Cottages back into use

London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden and London Fire Authority member Andrew Dismore AM today welcomed the decision of the Fire Authority to refurbish the four cottages at the rear of West Hampstead Fire Station for key worker single person housing for Fire Brigade staff. Mr Dismore said: ‘I have been campaigning on the need to bring these cottages […]

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