In light of the recent chaos in Barnet Council, and on the eve of a new wave of outsourcing despite the long catalogue of failures in the services already outsourced, please will join us before the council's Annual General Meeting to protest about the collapse of council services and the vanishing democracy in Barnet since the implementation of the One Barnet Programme of Privatisation. Here are just some of the reasons to protest: The 5th

Dear Library Lover Please join us to protest the cuts to our library service from 6:30 outside Hendon Town Hall on Tuesday 20th October. The Conservative administration in Barnet have a majority of only one so the result is not a foregone conclusion. The recently published proposals, If implemented, will mean a terrible hollowing-out of our library service: - The council is planning to spend hundreds of thousands of pounds on a system that makes

The Conservative Party Conference is taking place at Manchester in October.  Disabled People Against the Cuts are organising two protests on Monday 5th and Wednesday 7th October during the week of the Tory party conference actions, and would like to support as many DPAC members to come to Manchester and attend our demonstrations, the details of the actions can be found here. Many of DPAC members need additional support in order to travel and take

The demonstration against Tory austerity looks set to be one of the biggest Britain has seen for a decade. Major organisations like Friends of the Earth joining in show that this demo is far beyond the usual suspects. The People's Assembly Against Austerity are encouraging those joining the demo to form affinity blocks - and we in Barnet will be no exception. To join in, meet us at any of the following points with your friends, family, banners, chants

We have been cordially invited to the launch of the show homes.... These homes are highly unaffordable, being marketed to investors, and will result in the net loss of 200 Council Homes, a school, nursery and 3 community centres - AND THAT JUST AIN'T RIGHT!! Please see event set up on facebook for tomorrow 10.30am to 12pm at the launch of the show homes on Dollis Valley Estate. This regeneration will result in the net loss of 200 council homes and

A public meeting hosted by Save Mill Hill Library group. On the panel will be authors Deborah Moggach and SF Said alongside Andrew Dismore AM, Matthew Offord MP and other local politicians. RVSP here. SIGN THE PETITION NO TO CLOSURE OF BARNET LIBRARIES With a current total of 6,383 signatures online and on paper, we are almost at that Golden 7,000. If reached we will be able to dominate proceedings at the Full Council Meeting ensuring Councillors

Join us in Hendon Town Hall at 6 pm on Tuesday 2 December, where we will help Barnet Council hand a few more of our services to Capita in the run up to Christmas. These services include: Library Services, Education & Skills, Early Years Children’s Centres, Education & Catering, Adult Social Care (social workers) and Street Scene (which consists of refuse & recycling, street cleansing, parks etc). See here for details.

  Until now, there has been almost nothing about TTIP in the media, so you can't be blamed for not knowing what the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership is and how it threatens to affect our lives.   What does a transatlantic treaty have to do with our local campaign?   'In addition to the prospect of handing over public services to profit-making companies, one of the most insidious effects of free trade agreements such ad

It is outrageous that the dedicated and hard working Support Workers of YCB should be forced to take a 9.5% pay cut in addition to all the other changes in their terms and conditions of employment.  We thoroughly support their brave decision to strike against these harsh decisions of the board of YCB.  We condemn the irresponsibility of the London Borough of Barnet, who allowed YCB to be created with a flawed Business Plan that could only cause

“I let out contracts myself to various customers and what I learnt in the contract is the word change or variance, because I know they are tied into me for the contract and this where I make all my profit and make up for the low price at the beginning”... (Cllr Hugh Rayner at Business Management Overview and Scrutiny Committee 24th October, 2012) Little did we know when we heard those words from the public gallery during one of the One Barnet