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Ruth McDonald on weekly sessions at St Mark's Hall
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David Floyd on a Barnet resident’s memoir of activism in apartheid South Africa
Students secure council leader’s commitment on work experience
Local young people protested outside Barnet Council's Colindale offices last month reports Leïla Davaud
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Barnet Gays marks third year of local social meetups
Mukesh Oza on meetups for gay men in Barnet
Barnet Council – the musical
Micha Winchester Plen on a fictional local election campaign that may be almost as funny as the real one
Why I changed my mind about become a councillor
Charli Thompson on life as Barnet's first elected Green representative
Watling Park wins Green Flag award after flood works and new playgrounds
The Burnt Oak park has been awarded the benchmark for the UK's best green spaces reports Leïla Davaud
Khan launches new plan to ‘reverse the decline in our rivers’
The mayor this week launched a his clean water plan which aims to transform London’s “blue spaces” into swimmable areas where wildlife thrives
Plan to remove local council influence over NHS health boards in London slammed by MPs
Under proposed health reforms NHS integrated care board members nominated by local authorities will instead be replaced by someone nominated by the London mayor
Tories slam Sackman’s ‘political theatre’ over Temple Fortune flags
Opposition leader Peter Zinkin described the MP's intervention as "Labour ineptitude on every level" reports David Floyd
Cleaning up London’s air pollution could prevent 44,000 premature deaths by 2050
While City Hall has made progress on air quality in recent years the capital still lags behind other UK cities
Colindale-based police officer charged with rape
Inspector Jason Wu will appear in court tomorrow
Khan ‘has no remit’ to redraw Barnet’s Green Belt, council warns
The mayor's new London Plan looks set to make it easier for parts of the Green Belt to be built on
Council set to consult on new borough youth strategy
The local authority aims to make Barnet “a place where young people belong”
Give TfL full control over driverless taxi trials, ministers urged
Firms including Uber, Wayve and Waymo are seeking approval to transport passengers in automated vehicles in London as soon as this year
Waste experts warn London Assembly of difficulties faced by councils in tackling fly-tipping
Consumerist culture, inadequate buildings, confusing differences between boroughs and disposal costs all blamed for the problem
Sadiq Khan urges new PM to forge closer EU ties
The Mayor of London pointed to new research that says re-entering the bloc could boost London's economy by £2.9 Billion a year reports Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter
Barnet MPs remain in government
Sarah Sackman keeps her job at the Ministry of Justice, while Dan Tomlinson stays on in the Treasury while also taking on a new role in the Cabinet Office
Ministers urged to give TfL final say on driverless taxis as rollout looms
Uber and Wayve are two of the companies hoping to launch automated vehicles in the capital this year reports Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter
Zinkin worried council is ignoring residents’ concerns over CPZs
The opposition leader called on the Labour administration to "reflect on what on earth we're doing" following negative feedback about parking schemes reports Joe Ives, Local Democracy Reporter