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Posted by Richard Barnbrook in Latest News on 16. Feb, 2010 | Comments
Day centres for the elderly are important. They provide a break for carers and relief from isolation for older people. They help to maintain people in the community enjoying some independence.
In the light of this, the uncertainty caused by the closure of seven Age Concern centres in Barking and Dagenham is a matter raising [...]
Posted by Richard Barnbrook in Latest News on 16. Feb, 2010 | Comments
Did you vote for me in May 2008 when I stood for Mayor of London and for the London Assembly? Well if you did, you were not alone! I was proud to receive a combinded total of over 200 000 votes which gave me a seat on the Greater London Assembly as the first British [...]
Posted by Richard Barnbrook in Latest News on 16. Feb, 2010 | Comments
Apparently, just when I thought the mismanagement of this country couldn’t possibly get any worse, another grim fact caught my attention recently. A report in the Metro stated that the NHS will have to cough up £63 billion for privately funded hospitals, which is, wait for it…….. £52 billion more than they are worth!! That’s [...]
Posted by Richard Barnbrook in Latest News on 16. Feb, 2010 | Comments
I literally saw red when I read Joel Taylor’s piece in the Metro last week, headed, “British troops ‘will die’ in major Afghan battle.” This was just before the offensive named ‘Operation Moshtarak’ was due to begin in Helmand, involving 4000 British troops. Defence secretary Bob Ainsworth, no doubt from the untroubled sanctuary of his [...]
Posted by Richard Barnbrook in Latest News on 02. Feb, 2010 | Comments
I am dismayed by proposals by Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson to make police officers patrol the streets of London alone, as opposed to in pairs, which is the current practice. This is nothing less than yet another cost-cutting measure imposed from on high by out of touch management, and as usual, it is [...]
Posted by Richard Barnbrook in Latest News on 02. Feb, 2010 | Comments
The fight against child poverty has “slid into reverse” with more than 1.7 million British youngsters missing out on enough food and clothes, Save The Children has warned.
London has the biggest proportion of children living in severe poverty accounting for around one fifth of all children living in severe poverty in [...]