Barnet Liberal Democrats have attacked the decision to delay a decision on the Markaz in Golders Green as discriminatory, illiberal and unjust.

Local Conservatives pushed through the delay last night (19 July) in a surprise move at Barnet Council's Strategic Planning Committee.

The committee was considering whether to allow a change of use for the Hippodrome, Golders Green, from 'church' to 'place of worship', a decision which has already taken more than a year to reach committee stage.

Jonathan Davies sadly passed away after a serious illness lasting over one year. He was tragically only in his 50s.

Susette and I have known him as a friend and colleague for what seems a lifetime and is certainly very many years.

His work in the Liberal Democrats is legendary, and I doubt that we can, at this stage, do full justice to all his work:

We are deeply saddened to announce the death of Jonathan Davies, our friend and colleague, a devoted Liberal Democrat who held many roles within our local party and nationally.

A full tribute will be published here shortly.

Sean Hooker, a former councillor and East Barnet resident, has been selected to fight the East Barnet byelection for the Liberal Democrats on Thursday 6 May.

His primary focus for the area is to ensure that the development of the Victoria Quarter, which is proposed for the old gas works site, is done in a sensitive, sustainable and environmentally friendly way.

Barnet Liberal Democrats present

An evening with human rights barrister Adam Wagner

18 March 2021 • 20:00-21:30 • Via Zoom

Adam Wagner is a human rights barrister who has become Britain's go-to expert on the ever-changing lockdown rules. In the past week his work advising Reclaim These Streets has raised his profile still higher.

Barnet Liberal Democrats are calling for an urgent overhaul of local planning rules after Barnet Council failed to stop a casino from winning planning permission to open in the heart of Finchley Central.

Some 617 residents wrote to object to the 'Cashino' being built in the old NatWest building at 48 Ballards Lane. Despite being rejected by Barnet's Planning Committee, the Cashino has won the go-ahead after a successful appeal to the Planning Inspectorate.

Barnet Council met on 2 March 2021 to debate the Conservative adminstration's budget proposals for the upcoming financial year. Our Group Leader, Cllr Gabriel Rozenberg, gave this speech on behalf of our group, calling for a recovery budget driven by increased green investment in our roads and infrastructure.

Roger Tichborne, a musician and small business owner with deep roots in Edgware, has been selected to contest the Edgware byelection in May for the Liberal Democrats.

Roger's top campaign priority is to save the Railway Hotel, a Grade II-listed property in the heart of Edgware that Tory-run Barnet Council has left to neglect and ruin.