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The Council’s Housing Committee on Monday, 26 June will consider proposals to invest in measures to ensure that all of the borough’s 24 high-rise tower blocks meet best practice, including consideration of sprinkler systems, improved fire and smoke alarm systems and other measures.

Residents are being invited to give their views on proposals which will see a new Thameslink station in Brent Cross delivered nine years earlier than originally planned. The additional train station, set to be delivered by Barnet Council in partnership with Network Rail and supported by Re, will link the new £4.5bn Brent Cross Cricklewood development scheme to King’s Cross St Pancras in less than 15 minutes.

Residents’ satisfaction with the council remains high following the latest survey of people living in the borough.  The results of the Spring 2016 Residents’ Perception Survey show that 74 per cent of residents are satisfied with the way the council runs things, significantly above the outer London average of 70 per cent.

The meeting will now take place on Thursday 8 March 2018 at 7pm. To view the agenda for the meeting click here.    

Safe Drive, Stay Alive (SDSA), an initiative funded by Transport for London, and led by R.E (Regional Enterprise), working on behalf of Barnet Council, in partnership with the Emergency Services, will deliver an uncompromising message to young drivers about the consequences of driving dangerously. Between 2012 and 2014, young drivers aged 16-25, were involved in around 22 per cent of all road collisions in Barnet. These collisions resulted in 45 people being killed or seriously injured.

Officers from Barnet Council’s Corporate Anti-Fraud Team (CAFT) launched a total of 165 investigations after receiving intelligence and carrying out spot checks across the borough on cars parked while displaying a Blue Badge. Blue Badges can only be used by the named badge holder, or by a person who has dropped off or is collecting the holder from the place where the vehicle is parked. It is a criminal offence for anyone else to use a Blue Badge in any other circumstances.

All young people aged between 11 and 18 years old, who live, work or learn in Barnet, can stand for election as a Member of the Youth Parliament to represent other young people on the local and national stage. There are four positions as a Member of the Youth Parliament up for grabs, with members serving for one year. Would-be candidates have until 9pm on 5 February 2016 to register. UKYP candidates will take part in a debate at Woodhouse College on 10 February before online voting gets underway between 22 February and 7 March.

Ms Sulke’s final report is in response to the Ofsted report in July 2017 that found children’s services to be inadequate.

There is still a few weeks left to submit nominations for the council’s 2016 Civic Awards. Each year the council asks people to nominate an individual or group living or working in Barnet which they feel deserve recognition for their outstanding achievements and contributions to the borough. Anyone wishing to submit a nomination can do so up until 31 December 2015. Winners will be announced at an awards ceremony held in March next year hosted by the Worshipful the Mayor of Barnet, Councillor Mark Shooter. 

Residents are once again invited to attend the event which will be held in the Rickett Quadrangle at Middlesex University’s campus in The Burroughs, Hendon, on Sunday 28 January. The theme of this year’s Holocaust Memorial Day is ‘the power of words’