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Both Labour and Tories in Barnet slam City Hall after council overruled on two large developments
Last week Sadiq Khan's deputy mayor for planning decided to approve two large housing schemes against the wishes of Barnet councillors
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Stricter rules around air conditioning for London shops rejected by City Hall
High street businesses with air conditioning in London frequently leave their doors open to entice customers during heatwaves
Bringing people together in tough times
Amid a shocking rise in antisemitism, David Floyd visits Jewish community centre JW3 and talks to chief executive Raymond Simonson
Antisemitic attacks provide backdrop to election
David Floyd talks to Barnet Conservative leader Peter Zinkin about how race hate affected this month's vote
Tense count leaves uncertain results
David Floyd talked to Barnet's political leaders as a dramatic night in Hendon proved inconclusive
Assisted Dying Bill must return
David Lewin says MPs must bring back measures foiled by the House of Lords
Help for Barnet residents following recently announced energy price rises
Colin Joseph of Citizens Advice Barnet on support to deal with the price cap rise
North London rail operator set to be nationalised this weekend
Govia Thameslink Railway operates Great Northern and Thameslink services through Enfield, Barnet and Haringey
We must get big developments right
Finchley and Golders Green MP Sarah Sackman responds to this week's decision by the Deputy Mayor of London to give the go ahead to the Great North Leisure Park development
City Hall overturns Barnet Council decision on controversial developments
Jules Pipe has chosen to green light previously refused plans for the Great North Leisure Park in North Finchley and High Barnet tube station reports Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter
Major reshuffle of North London Waste Authority board prompted by local elections
With scores of new Green Party councillors across the seven boroughs that run the waste disposal body, a change of leadership at NLWA will soon take place
London set to fall short of ‘net zero’ 2030 goal, Khan admits
Mayor says "a lot of the problems we are having are because the grid relies on fossil fuels"
MP hopes ‘broken’ Send system can be fixed
Maya Sall talks to local parents, teachers and politicians about their expectations of better support for disabled children
Golders Green fire ‘not suspicious’
100 firefighters attended the blaze in a shop in Golders Green road yesterday
Next London Plan set to be ‘streamlined’ to help boost housebuilding
The strategic planning document looks likely to contain fewer restrictions and directions from City Hall on where and how new homes should be built
Scores of City Hall jobs at risk as £10m of cuts needed to balance books
Eighty Greater London Authority staff could be made redundant this summer
Khan blocks Palantir deal with Met Police after ‘serious concerns’ raised
The controversial £25million contract with the US tech company had drawn widespread opposition