Well, if it was - it had failed, and we have successfully defended our democratic rights. Reports Barbara Jacobson: Yes we can! Yes we did... The Constitution, Ethics and Probity Committee, which ran out of time last week before it could vote on the revisions to the constitution, met again on Wednesday, 10 April at 7pm in Hendon Town Hall. Cllr M. Cohen, the chairman, sat in the middle of one long table, flanked by at least six council officers,

This is a summary of the three days of the hearing of Maria Nash's application for Judicial Review (JR) of Barnet Council's 'One Barnet' outsourcing programme. For more detail, and an account of who said what, read Mrs Angry’s blog Broken Barnet. As the name indicates, a Judicial Review is heard before a judge, in this case Mr Justice Underhill. He sat at a desk on a raised stage surrounded by lever arch files containing submissions in the case

Read about the march at the Times website here. Follow us on Twitter: @BarnetAlliance - hashtags: #BarnetSpring #OurBarnet #OneBarnet #Crapita   Messages of support "Once more Barnet is in the forefront of the struggle. The more outsourcing, sub-contracting and privatisation fail, the more they are pressured. Job losses, lower wages, poorer services – this is the legacy that the privatisations are having. We look in vain for a strong lead

Please use the text below or adapt it and send your own message to Barnet Council's Cabinet members, supporting the call to bring 'Your Choice Barnet' back in-house. You can send a message automatically using the button on the right of this page. And please also sign the petition on Barnet Council's website.   Bring Your Choice Barnet back in-house! Dear Councillor, Your Choice Barnet, that provides services for adults with learning and physical

HAVE YOU BEEN CONSULTED? A letter to carers using Your Choice Barnet   Your Choice Barnet, the for-profit Local Authority Trading Company that provides the services for adults with learning and physical disabilities, is in financial difficulties. As a result, it is proposing to restructure the services and reduce staffing levels. The details can be found at: http://barnetalliance.org/2013/03/04/your-choice-thelatc-is-collapsing/ What the proposed

Join the VIGIL to support the ONE BARNET legal challenge Tuesday 19th March, vigil outside from 9.30am, hearing @ Court Room 28 Tuesday to Thursday Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand, London, WC2A 2LL Please join us outside the Royal Courts of Justice to support Barnet resident Maria Nash who is challenging Barnet Council’s decision to outsource a large group of public services without properly consulting Barnet residents, the so-called One Barnet

[caption id="attachment_2503" align="alignnone" width="738"] Supporters of Barnet resident Maria Nash gather outside the High Court on day 1 of her application for Judicial Review of Barnet Council's 'One Barnet' outsourcing programme.[/caption] Barnet resident Maria Nash is bringing an application for Judicial Review of Barnet Council's 'One Barnet' outsourcing programme. Day 1 of the hearing was yesterday on Tuesday 19 March. It is being heard

Details are coming in about the fiasco of "Your Choice Barnet", the first for-profit Local Authority Trading Company created in the framework of the One Barnet Programme, which provides the services for adults with learning and physical disabilities. From a forecast surplus of £54,000 presented in the business case by Barnet Council a year ago, it has now gone into a bailout of £1,000,000 by Barnet Homes after the first year of operation. And they

The North Finchley regeneration consultation has prompted a bit of discussion. Here's my view. Please read the end even if you can't bear to read everything in between! The meeting was poorly advertised – no leaflets, no posters, no ads in the two local papers – so, not surprisingly, there was not a huge turnout. There were BAPS members there – I think we all had learned of the event from Mr Mustard's blog. While I love Mr Mustard's blog, and

Thursday 11th April 2013, 7pm at the Greek Cypriot Centre, Britannia Road, N12 Barnet Council created the Local Authority Trading Company "Your Choice Barnet" to provide social care for adults with learning and physical disabilities.  After only a year the company is in trouble and planning to reduce the quality of services, and Barnet Homes is preparing to pay a £1 million bail-out. Find out more about this scandal and why we are calling for Barnet