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Report highlights significant progress for council pension scheme

A report published today (Friday 25 October) by The Pensions Regulator has highlighted the significant progress that has been made in relation to the administration of the London Borough of Barnet Pension Scheme.

Leaf-sweeping squad gets ready for action

The Barnet Council Street Scene service has put together a specialist team of leaf-clearers to ensure our borough is kept clean through autumn and winter.

Barnet Council and the Environment Agency crush flytipper’s truck

Celebrating the people who make Barnet: Filomena Komodromou

Together, we are Barnet will highlight some of our many groups and local projects, as well as individuals, who contribute so much to our community.

Feedback sought on library services

Residents are being invited to give their feedback and views as part of an independent evaluation of library services on offer in the borough.

£300K for mentoring scheme to reduce youth offending

The charity St Christopher’s, working in partnership with Barnet Council, has become one of the first organisations in the country to successfully bid for a grant from the Home Office’s £200million Youth Endowment Fund.

Become a Hate Crime Reporting Champion on Hate Crime Awareness Week

A series of community groups and organisations in Barnet have joined forces to call on volunteers to become Hate Crime Reporting Champions during National Hate Crime Awareness Week.

New streetlights will save energy-efficient council £750,000 per year

Barnet Council will install LED lanterns in all its streetlights as part of an improvements programme that will also save £750,000 per year and improve the borough’s carbon footprint.

Applications have reopened for free litter picking equipment to community groups this autumn

Earlier this year, £67,981 was allocated by the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to the service as a ‘one off’ fund to help keep the borough clean.

Council prosecution lands illegal HMO profiteer with enormous fine

A tenant who was illegally subletting a three-storey house in the Brunswick Park area has been ordered to pay nearly £20,000 after a successful Barnet Council prosecution.