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Enfield Council

Enfield Labour "coup" story makes the national press

18 July 2018

The Sunday Times has published an article about the Enfield 'coup' under the headline 'Labour council taken over by clan'

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Labour national body to investigate allegations of irregularity in Enfield

04 July 2018

Labour's national executive committee is to investigate allegations of irregularities in the selection of candidates for this year's council elections.

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Victory for "4 Not 24" campaigners

04 July 2018

A campaign against a planned funfair in Broomfield Park which would have lasted for 24 days has been successful. An Enfield cabinet member has written to neighbouring residents stating that the fair will not be held this year and that the council will be applying tighter conditions on future funfairs and circuses in the park to address the various issues raised by campaigners.

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Enfield Council Safeguarding Adults Strategy 2018-2023 consultation

20 June 2018

Enfield Council are currently consulting on their Safeguarding Adults Strategy (2018 – 2023). They are asking people who live and work in Enfield for their views on their next Safeguarding Adults Strategy, which will run until 2023. A Safeguarding Adults Strategy is a plan to keep adults safe from abuse and harm.

New mayor and cabinet appointed - but controversy continues

30 May 2018

Enfield Council has appointed a new Mayor and the Labour Group has appointed new Cabinet Members

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More about Enfield's new council leader

17 May 2018

Information about Nesil Caliskan from the website T-Vine

Council leader deposed in surprise "coup"

16 May 2018

The leader of Enfield Council's Labour Group, Doug Taylor, has been replaced by Nesil Caliskan, who therefore becomes the new leader of Enfield Council

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With the Mayor on our side, divestment is inevitable

01 April 2018

A guest article by James Cracknell, written in response to Sadiq Khan's call for all London local authorities to divest their pension funds from fossil fuel companies When it comes to environmental problems, shifts in attitude can happen incredibly quickly. Diesel was once heralded by car companies as a 'green' alternative fuel to petrol and drivers for years were conned into buying vehicles that ran on it. Evidence now shows this was a huge mistake – and politicians have been fast to.......

Withdrawal of funding from the Deaf Project - an open letter to the Leader of Enfield Council

15 March 2018

An Open Letter to Enfield Council As a deaf journalist (Stephen) and a deaf counsellor (Pauline) living in Enfield, we write urgently to ask you as council leader to reconsider your imminent funding cut to a lifeline for some of the borough's most vulnerable people. At last week's Deaf Forum meeting at Community House, attended by several of your fellow councillors, the local deaf community was caught unawares by the decision to cease funding - in just three weeks' time - of the Deaf Project's.......

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Notes from Palmers Green Ward Forum

11 February 2018

The following is a brief outline of some of the points raised at the Palmers Green Ward Forum on 8th February. There is another summary, by Sarah Dodgson, on the Enfield Voices Facebook page, produced as part of the Enfield Voices Citizen Journalism initiative.  There is also a video recording of the meeting made by Francis Sealey that he live streamed on Facebook (which not everyone can view - I'm one of those who can't, so I'm relying entirely on the notes I made at the meeting)........

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A useful session of Winchmore Hill Ward Forum

10 January 2018

Last  night's Winchmore Hill Ward Forum at the Orange Tree was by all accounts very informative and a success - apart from disruption from someone who will be standing in the council elections for one of the councillor seats in the same ward.  It seems that the police even had to intervene.  Probably no coincidence that the same man is the only person I've ever had to ban from the PGC forums because he persisted in attacking "the man, not the ball" and for unacceptable language........

Public Health Strategies and Inequalities in Enfield

09 January 2018

At its meeting on 16 January Enfield Council's Health Scrutiny Panel will be briefed on the Council's strategies to tackle public health and health inequalties by Tessa Lindfield, Director of Public Health, and Glenn Stewart, Assistant Director of Public Health. The briefing paper provided for the meeting notes that "The role of public health is to advise on the design of Council and NHS services and the design of Enfield as a place to promote health and reduce inequalities. This recognises.......

Help persuade Enfield Council to divest from fossil fuels

06 January 2018

This article by James Cracknell was originally published on 17 December 2017 on the ENTWO website. Two years ago this month I cycled from London to Paris with a group of climate activists. We were travelling to the United Nations’ COP21 climate talks, raising awareness of the importance of the talks along the way. On the Champs-Élysées we joined with tens of thousands of others – including many who had cycled from around Europe as we did – to demand the strongest.......

54 high rise blocks in Enfield to get sprinkler systems

12 December 2017

Work on installing sprinklers in the 54 high rise tower blocks managed by Enfield Council will start in the new year. The project, expected to cost in the region of £8 million, or £3,000 per property, will be paid for by Enfield Council, but the authority is lobbying the government to fund the scheme which has been introduced in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire in Kensington and Chelsea, which claimed the lives of 71 people. Although Enfield Council managed blocks are.......

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Council responds to ward forum complaints about Lodge Drive car park operating hours

15 November 2017

The operating hours of the Lodge Drive car park in Palmers Green are to be extended, probably from this weekend. Cars will be able to enter up until 11.30pm and leave at any time. The failure to extend the car park's operating hours - something promised as part of the Cycle Enfield project - was raised at the September meeting of the Palmers Green Ward Forum. In an email to attendees sent out today, Councillor Mary Maguire wrote: Please also note that following the September ward forum I.......

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Flytipping in Devonshire Mews - council takes action

15 November 2017

Palmers Green Police (@MPSPalmersGreen) have reported anti-littering action by the council via Twitter: This morning @EnfieldCouncil have been out issuing enforcing notices and warning letters to offenders that litter the streets of #palmersgreen accompanied by photographs of the letters What's unclear is whether these letters have gone to all neighbouring addresses or have only been sent to known offenders. <?php$ogImage = ' ';include.......

Council postpones decision on adult social care charges

08 November 2017

Following a public consultation earlier this year about proposals to change the charging formula for providing adult social care, Enfield Council has decided not to implement any changes at present.  Instead it will  "take a longer and more in depth look at how best to ensure fairness in our charging policy and use of resources". The changes that the council was consulting on would have affected people who require overnight care, for some of whom the charges made by the council would.......

Council consulting over 2018/19 budget

07 November 2017

Enfield Council is consulting about residents' views on how to prioritise its budget spending in 2018/19.  The deadline for responding is 8 January 2018. {youtube}JqUjiHCCsjU{/youtube} Budget consultation 2018/19 We are launching the Budget Consultation for 2018/19 and we want to hear your views and priorities. Since 2010 we have saved £161m. We need to make further £35m of savings by 2018/19. This year, we will spend around £1bn on public services. Much of this amount.......

Council confirms termination of Barratt's Meridian Water development agreement

27 October 2017

Enfield Council has confirmed that the housebuilder Barratt has withdrawn from the large redevelopment scheme at Meridian Water, Edmonton, reportedly worth £6 billion and involving construction of 10,000 homes. The announcement below was posted on the Enfield Council website on Thursday (21st October) and the Reuters news agency also published a report. Though the exact points of disagreement are not stated by either source, it may be that Barratt wished to row back on earlier commitments.......

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Enfield Council Draft Intermediate Housing Policy Consultation

13 October 2017

Enfield Council have developed a draft Intermediate Housing Policy that sets out proposals for the eligibility criteria for Intermediate Housing in Enfield, and the mechanism for prioritising applicants for Intermediate Housing. "Intermediate Housing" refers to homes for sale and rental homes provided at a cost above social rent, but below market levels. These can include shared equity (shared ownership and equity loans), other low cost homes for sale and intermediate rent, but not affordable.......

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