Dear editor, So Conservative Barnet Council have now decided to remove the benches placed by grieving relatives to commemorate loved ones at the privatised now Capita controlled Hendon crematorium. Privatising crematoria and cemeteries never works. Look what happened when Westminster Council under Lady Porter flogged off their three cemeteries and crematorium ( including 2 in Barnet) for 15p. They were […]
Read moreFollowing his exchange with London Mayor Boris Johnson at last week’s Mayor’s Question Time, Andrew Dismore, Labour London Assembly member and parliamentary candidate for Hendon has today submitted a detailed 19 page complaint to Barnet Council’s Monitoring Officer concerning Cllr Hugh Rayner, the Mayor of Barnet. Mr Dismore’s complaint, which cannot be published for legal reasons, raises a number of […]
Read moreAndrew Dismore, Labour London Assembly member and parliamentary candidate for Hendon has revealed that no fewer than 1,343 Barnet infant school children are now in classes of over 30. Mr Dismore said: “In May 2010, when I was still Labour MP for Hendon, there were no infant school age children in Barnet sitting in oversized classes. New figures out today show there are now 1,343 […]
Read moreAndrew Dismore, Labour London Assembly member and parliamentary candidate for Hendon challenged Mayor Johnson at Mayor’s Question Time, over how few visits he had paid to outer London in 2013 , in his capacity as Mayor as shown by his official diary for last year. (For Mr Dismore’s questions see below) After MQT Mr Dismore said: “It is outrageous that […]
Read moreAndrew Dismore, Labour London Assembly member and parliamentary candidate for Hendon has demanded to know why we have heard nothing from Barnet’s Conservative MPs in light of the shocking news over the patients’ waiting time crisis. So why have Barnet’s Conservative MPs been so silent on the issue? Aren’t they concerned about what is happening to our local NHS […]
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