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Council tax increases confirmed as seven London boroughs apply for emergency funding to stave off bankruptcy

Lambeth, Newham, Havering, Croydon, Enfield, Barnet and Haringey have all applied for emergency funding

Evening Standard · Feb 3, 2025

Teenager, 19, arrested after scooter rider left fighting for his life in Barnet crash

A man was left fighting for his life and three teenagers were rushed to hospital following the collision

Evening Standard · Dec 3, 2024

Jeremy Clarkson doesn't live in Chipping Barnet, says new London MP in maiden speech on struggles of suburbia

Dan Tomlinson contrasted the outer London constituency with Chipping Norton in Oxfordshire

Evening Standard · Oct 29, 2024

Euphoria felled by reality and scant ambition – I have seen what could be Labour’s future

Thatcher’s old heartland is now a microcosm of the nation. Labour ended years of Tory rule there, but it struggles with that legacy and new expectations, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2024

General Election 2024 London seats: Who is my MP in...Hornsey and Friern Barnet?

Evening Standard analysis of key seats in London for the July 4 General Election

Evening Standard · Jun 18, 2024

'Inconceivable': Hundreds of Barnet residents face paying up to £23,000 to reclad ex-council homes over fire risk

More than 400 Barnet residents have been told they must pay between £14,000 and £23,000 to replace cladding which the council has identified as a fire risk

Evening Standard · Apr 15, 2024

Barnet council ignored warnings that resident with epilepsy would be evicted

Council has been ordered to pay £600 in compensation after taking 15 months to place man in suitable accommodation

Evening Standard · Apr 12, 2024

Barnet Council fears new national cladding crisis as it sounds alarm over UVPC on houses

More than 400 Barnet residents face a bill of up to £23,000 to replace cladding and the council says it could be ‘the tip of the iceberg’ for UK

Evening Standard · Mar 6, 2024

Fears of new UK cladding crisis after blaze destroys timber-frame homes

Barnet council finds 580 houses with similar panels that can spread fire and warns they are ‘tip of the iceberg’

The Guardian - UK · Mar 5, 2024

Barnet council’s ‘Graph of Doom’ now looks prophetic

In 2011, no one believed councils would be left to swallow the rising cost of social care unaided. But after funding cuts of 40%, their plight looks increasingly bleak

The Guardian - UK · Jan 28, 2024