Andrew Dismore and Labour PPC for Hampstead & Kilburn Tulip Siddiq joined local residents and campaigners this morning (Thursday) to oppose Boris’ Johnson’s cuts to the London Fire Brigade. The protest took place at Belsize Fire Station at 8.30am. The cuts took effect from 9am, meaning that across London there are now 10 fewer fire stations, 14 fewer fire […]
Read moreIn 1915, a fire station was opened in Belsize Park to protect local residents. On Thursday, nearly 100 years later, the Conservative Mayor Boris Johnson will close it down. The fire brigade risk their lives on a daily basis to protect us, and as local residents we owe them a debt of gratitude for their work over nearly a century […]
Read moreAndrew Dismore, Labour London Assembly member for Barnet and Camden has established that Government policy is keeping water bills higher than they need to be. After a hearing at the London Assembly Environment Committee, which helped restrict Thames Water’s excessive demands for higher water bills, Mr Dismore followed up further detailed points with them. One problem he identified was the […]
Read moreAndrew Dismore, Labour London Assembly member for Barnet and Camden and prospective parliamentary candidate for Hendon has just obtained official figures from the fire brigade, which reveal that of Barnet’s 210 schools, just 4 have been fitted with sprinkler systems (a percentage of just 1.9%). Mr Dismore said: “This is an appalling statistic, and shows real false economies. Sprinklers may not […]
Read moreAndrew Dismore, Labour London Assembly member for Barnet and Camden and Chair of the Council for British Archaeology in London (CBA(L)) has learnt that English Heritage have now classified the long empty former Hendon museum building , the grade II* listed Church Farm House, as “vulnerable”. Mr Dismore said: “It was bad enough of Barnet Council to close the museum […]
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