Andrew Dismore, Labour’s candidate for the London Assembly for Barnet and Camden has today challenged Brian Coleman over speculation that Mr Coleman is no longer wholeheartedly behind the Council’s “One Barnet” plan to contract out the Council’s services ( text of Mr Dismore’s email to Mr Coleman below). Mr Dismore said: “there has been considerable speculation that Mr Coleman is […]
Read moreIn the Ham and High (15/9/11), you quote the figures I obtained under the Freedom of Information Act from Scotland Yard describing the fall in police numbers in Camden. The Borough Commander questioned these, saying that the local police were “now back on target”. That may well be so: but this depends on the target! The FoI response ( a […]
Read moreAndrew Dismore, Labour London assembly candidate for Barnet and Camden said: “This is another Conservative breach of faith with local residents, David Cameron and Andrew Lansley fought the last election on clear commitments to keep Chase Farm open and to listen to the views of local people. They said there would be no top down reorganisations. They said their priority […]
Read moreThe Metropolitan Police’s response to my Freedom of Information requests concerning London Assembly member Brian Coleman clearly reveal that he has not written once to the Met since 2008 about police officer numbers, Safer Neighbourhood Teams or their deployments. This was confirmed by a further FoI after the riots, which he also did not write about. He may well have […]
Read moreLabour London Assembly candidate for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore has welcomed en Livingstone’s announcement that he would cut London’s public transport fares, if elected Mayor. Andrew Dismore said: “Ken’s promise to cut fares by 5% from next October if he wins next May’s mayoral election is a very welcome contrast to the ever increasing transport costs we have seen […]
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