Andrew Dismore - 460/465 - Former Labour Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden

Press Release: Dismore Launches Metpro inquiry e-campaign

August 8, 2011 AndrewDismore

PRESS RELEASE: IMMEDIATE: 8th AUG 2011 Dismore launches Metpro inquiry e-campaign Andrew Dismore. Labour candidate for the London Assembly for Barnet and Camden, has today launched a new online campaign to fight for an inquiry into Barnet council’s contracting procedures, with particular reference to MetPro. The campaign can be accessed at http://www.campaignengineroom.org.uk/tory-barnet-easy-council-procurement-disasters and is directed at Secretary of State Eric […]

Letter to the Press: FoI run arounds

August 8, 2011 AndrewDismore

Dear editor, Your front page article on Barnet’s inability to protect properly confidential material is in sharp contrast with their inability to respond to freedom of information requests properly on time or at all. Indeed, I have just presented a complaint to the Information Commissioner about the failure of the Conservative Council to respond to a request I sent them […]

Letter to the Press: Human Rights and Quality in care homes

August 8, 2011 AndrewDismore

Dear Editor Last week’s community column by David Hogarth reminds us of the importance of the quality of care homes, and especially the “human side”. In 2007, when I chaired Parliament’s Select Committee on Human Rights, we published a detailed report on these issues: a clear example of how important human rights are. The Human Rights Act empowers users of […]

Letter to the Press: Remembering the fallen

August 8, 2011 AndrewDismore

Dear editor, Congratulations to Mrs. Loveday for her efforts to ensure the fallen of Barnet are properly honoured on war memorials. It is a pity the Council is not being more constructive about the war memorial in Edgware. I have been campaigning for a number of years now, for the names of the fallen from Edgware and Burnt Oak in […]

Letter to the Press: Police cuts

August 4, 2011 AndrewDismore

Dear Editor, The impact of the cuts in the police budget being imposed by the Conservative Mayor of London Boris Johnson and the Conservative/Lib Dem Coalition Government is becoming ever more apparent. It is not just the Labour Party who are warning of the dramatic cuts their scheme means: the Inspectorate of Constabulary has now confirmed the huge numbers to […]

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