The NHS Blood & Transplant (NHSBT) management board have announced the closure of the routine blood testing department at their centre in Colindale and its transfer to Filton near Bristol. The closure of the Colindale department will mean that no routine Testing Laboratory exists in London and the south east of England. Once blood is collected from a donor, […]
Read moreLabour’s Andrew Dismore today renewed his call for a minute’s silence during the Olympic Games to remember the Israeli athletes and coaching staff who were murdered by terrorists during the 1972 Munich Olympics. Mr Dismore has led calls on the London Assembly for the Mayor and the International Olympic Committee to hold a minute’s silence. The International Olympics Committee (IOC) […]
Read moreBarnet’s Labour councillors have launched a new website to campaign against the council’s unpopular ‘One Barnet’ programme which plans to gamble £1bn of council tax-payers’ money by selling off 70% of critical council services to two private for-profit companies. The ‘Better Barnet’ campaign is a resource for the whole community to use to help raise awareness of the risks involved […]
Read moreDuring the resumed London Assembly Budget committee hearings on compensation for the victims of last year’s riots, Andrew Dismore, Labour London Assembly member for Camden and Barnet challenged the insurance industry on their failure to compensate insured small business promptly. After the committee, Mr. Dismore said: “The insurance industry has been putting g out that they compensated people quickly and […]
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