The fight for our NHS must go on
Bob Austin led the legal challenge over the GP-led health centre for Hampstead Road. Now that NHS Camden have backed down, he says, there is an opportunity for people to have a real say in how the money is spent on health care
I TOOK NHS Camden to court because I believe passionately in... > more |
Beware the sleight of hand behind the tax freeze
WHEN elections loom, we don’t expect to see sitting councillors proposing significant increases in council tax.
Local elections mean that at least one year in every four, the council will keep any increase to an absolute minimum. Those brave enough to do otherwise usually pay the price in votes. > more
Be warned, loss of hospital services will hit everyone - THE proposed service changes by NHS London for North Central Sector of the capital are being... > more
Offenders do a good job - I READ with interest what Ian McDeson of Camden branch of the construction workers’ union UCATT said about young offenders... > more
Lion play was no dud - “GOOD theatres sometimes stage duds”. Thus your theatre critic Josh Loeb described the two plays currently... > more
Viva the Big Picture - MANY thanks for your Big Picture feature, which attractively makes the point of the New Journal’s devotion to the arts. > more
Closures - I, too, am fuming at the weekend West Hampstead Jubilee and Overground closures plus dug-up roads and extra congestion. > more
Debate on estate - I WOULD like to address a number of issues raised by R Warren and Dr Peter Preston regarding Maiden Lane (Letters, November 12 ). > more
More evidence of hostile attitude to naturists in the UK - A REPORT, Response to Petition to Extend the Nude Sunbathing Enclosure at Men’s Bathing Pond... > more
No needle exchange here, please - ROGER Street WC1 is a quiet, narrow street which runs from Gray’s Inn Road to Doughty Street. > more
Threat to ‘community learning’ - DO the residents of Camden know that a variety of courses are available to them? > more
License bike and rider? - AS a former cyclist I am happy that there are more bikes on the road (Cycling is dangerous – so be safe not sorry, November 12). > more
Predicting a ‘dirty’ election fight - WE want vision – not vitriol!
The Labour Party still don’t get it, that is if the comments of ex-Labour... > more
The Freedom Pass is safe with us - THERE is only one aspect of reaching the age of 60 that all Londoners truly appreciate and that is the Freedom Pass. > more
Concerns for advice - I SHALL try to allay the fears of the volunteers at Kilburn Citizen’s Advice Bureau and, indeed, the concerns of your readers. > more
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