30 May 2018
Local campaigners calling for the UK to remain in the European Union took advantage of the crowds attending Enfield's Charter Fayre to gauge the feelings of Enfield residents towards this most controversial issue. For their latest Day of Action, members of Enfield for Europe set up their Brexitometer in Church Street, Enfield Town, and asked visitors to the Fayre to use it to show how they thought decisions about Brexit should be made and about the future of EU citizens living here.
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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The leader of Enfield Council's Labour Group, Doug Taylor, has been replaced by Nesil Caliskan, who therefore becomes the new leader of Enfield Council
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02 May 2018
There are three councillors for each ward in Enfield. You can therefore vote for three candidates, who don't have to all belong to the same party. Provided they're on the electoral register, non-UK citizens can vote. There's no need to take your voting card or any ID with you.
Just a reminder that you can see candidates being quizzed in these online hustings.
Online hustings No 1 - first-time candidates
Online hustings No 2 - major issues
Online hustings No 3 - party.......
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02 May 2018
You don't need to be an expert pollster to forecast that the next administration running Enfield Council will be formed either by Labour or by the Conservatives. But they won't necessarily win all the council seats between them. Both of the two next biggest local parties - Enfield Green Party and Enfield Liberal Democrats - say they are determined to make a dent in the Labour/Conservative domination by winning some seats in this week's elections. Both parties are entering.......
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01 May 2018
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25 April 2018
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22 April 2018
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22 April 2018
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15 April 2018
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10 April 2018
In the run up to the council elections on 3rd May two organisations that campaign for a fresh approach to London's streets have come together to set out a challenge for party leaders in each of London's 32 boroughs.
London Living Streets, who seek better streets for pedestrians, are combining forces with the London Cycle Campaign, who, unsurprisingly, would like pleasanter and safer conditions for people riding bikes in London. They are calling their joint campaign My Liveable London and they want boroughs to create more "low traffic neighbourhoods".
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09 November 2016
Map created by Enfield Southgate Conservatives showing how Enfield Southgate would be divided up between neighbouring constituenciesThere doesn't seem to be much that the two parties on Enfield Council agree on these days, but the Parliamentary Boundary Commission's proposals for changes to Enfield constituencies have proved equally unpopular with both the ruling Labour Group and opposition Conservative Group. Though whether or not they both favour the same alternative is another question........
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16 December 2020
Community journalism, now well established in Enfield, is coming to our neighbouring borough, Barnet. In February Social Spider, the community interest company behind the Enfield Dispatch and four more local community newspapers, will be launching Barnet Post.
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27 April 2022
Watch a recording of Tuesday evening's EnCAF Environmental Hustings, where candidates from three political parties were questioned about their policies.
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