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Finchley Central – Share your views at our open forum
For years, Barnet's Tory-run council has ignored Finchley Central.
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Housing and Homelessness Strategy: in the deep freeze
Barnet has done it again. Last year they scrapped the Housing Committee and bundled it into their regeneration committee. Now the renamed Housing and Growth Committee has decided to get rid of…
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Financial pressures continue to mount on Barnet Council
Years of local government funding cuts dictated from Whitehall have left Barnet Council ill-equipped to deal with the financial consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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A new 24-hour casino in Finchley Central?!
A planning application has been submitted for a 24-hour gaming centre, including slot machines and a bingo licence, at the site of the old NatWest building on the corner of Ballards Lane and…
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99% of £30m cycling bonanza goes elsewhere, courtesy of Barnet’s anti-cyclist councillors
Photo credit: Instagram user @cleanairdulwich Analysis by London Liberal Democrats shows that London boroughs have applied for a total of £30.1m of funding for 'Streetspace' initiatives…
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Permitted development rights – stop the destruction of our suburbs!
It emerged this month that the government intends to turn our finely-balanced planning system into a free-for-all. According to an email sent to all councillors by Barnet's Director Planning and…
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Black Lives Matter — We stand for justice and equality
Barnet Liberal Democrats In the past week, we have all shared in the anger at the brutal death of George Floyd at the hands of a white police officer in Minneapolis. The way that US police…
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News roundup: track and trace, key worker immigration and more
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Our message to Barnet's MPs: Dominic Cummings must go
UPDATE, 27 May: We have received a response from Mike Freer which we have added to this article below It is now clear that Dominic Cummings, the Prime Minister's chief of staff, the most powerful…
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With Barnet in lockdown, Lib Dems are on your side
A few weeks ago, the idea that the whole country would go into lockdown to defeat the coronavirus seemed unimaginable. And yet here we all are. In Barnet, tragically, COVID-19 has taken its toll.…
