In the final version of the Mayor’s crime plan published today , Barnet and Camden both see police stations closed and to be sold off. Barnet will lose Golders Green and Whetstone, and Camden will lose Hampstead and Albany Street, with West Hampstead’s front counter closing too. There will only be 4 “contact points” replacements in each borough, open […]
Read moreAndrew Dismore, Labour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden, has obtained figures from the Mayor of London that one loading bay on Falloden Way in Hampstead Garden Suburb alone issued 1490 penalty notices in 2012. Mr Dismore said: “Since May I have asked nine questions on this loading bay. To date only limited changes have been made. It is […]
Read moreAndrew Dismore, Labour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden, has raised with Secretary of State Michael Gove and Mayor Boris Johnson the exclusion of Hebrew from the list of prescribed languages that are to be taught in primary schools. (Letters attached) Mr Dismore said: “It is outrageous that Hebrew (either ancient tor modern) is not included in the official […]
Read moreLondon Mayor Boris Johnson was today urged to “focus on his day job”. The call came following statistics from the National Audit Office showing that London will be in need of 88,000 more primary school places by 2014/15. Leader of the Labour Group on the London Assembly, Len Duvall AM, is calling on the Mayor to use his position to […]
Read moreThe London Assembly[1] yesterday set out a package of emergency measures to break the vicious cycle on the high street which has led to an increase in empty shops across the capital – up five per cent to 3,400 in the past two years.[2] Open for Business says outer London high streets are particularly struggling, predominantly because of tough economic conditions […]
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