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Comment

Name-calling is not planning policy

Green councillor and Enfield group leader Sarah Jons responds to a recent national newspaper column describing her party as "Nimbys"

Comment

Let’s show our pride in Lower Edmonton

Siddo Dwyer was elected to Lower Edmonton ward in May 2026 (credit Enfield Council)
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Disabled people are being shut out of NHS services

A coffee morning hosted by Empowering Disability in Enfield heard from local people who have suffered from digital exclusion in accessing healthcare (credit Kai Images)
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Why Enfield Council was wrong to ditch Pride flag

Nick Baldwin at London Pride in 2023 (credit Humanists UK)
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Why development on Enfield’s Green Belt seems inevitable

Crews Hill Station

Category - Comment

Enfield North MP Feryal meeting with housing minister Matthew Pennycook
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The government must hear local people’s views on Enfield ‘new town’

26 June 2026

Enfield North MP Feryal Clark explains why she now wants the new town to be scaled down

Jessica Ampong, Charlotte O’Donoghue and Megan Ledain (credit Kai Images)
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Social media ban: censorship or coddling?

14 March 2026
Enfield Dispatch
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Why we remain dedicated to print

15 February 2026
Green Lanes in Palmers Green
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Our high streets need help to thrive

11 January 2026
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How AI is polluting the internet

7 January 2026
Joanne McCartney has represented Enfield at City Hall for more than two decades (credit GLA)
Comment

Trains, homes and free school meals

4 January 2026
Reece Fox has represented Whitewebbs ward since 2022 (credit Enfield Council)
Comment

Fighting for Whitewebbs

13 December 2025
Comment

A divisive painting that reveals a deeper problem

3 December 2025
Nawshad Ali has represented Carterhatch ward since May 2022
Comment

Representing Carterhatch

30 November 2025
Omari Green outside Enfield Civic Centre (credit Kai Images)
Comment

Is it time to lower the voting age?

29 November 2025
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer visits the scene at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue (credit Lauren Hurley-10 Downing Street via Wikimedia Commons)
Comment

Terror attack was shocking but not surprising

8 November 2025
Hertford Road in Enfield Wash
Comment

Enfield has gone backwards on sustainable transport

6 November 2025
Chris Joannides has represented Southgate since 2022
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Less litter, more flowers

12 October 2025
Recycling bins
Comment

Why is Enfield Council failing on recycling?

9 October 2025
Lynda and Sarah were among nearly 900 people arrested at the Parliament Square protest last month (credit Alex Day)
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Why we decided to get arrested

5 October 2025
credit Francois le Nguyen via Unsplash
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Fast fashion, bad fashion

28 September 2025
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The mismatched figures which raise questions over borough climate targets

23 September 2025
Feryal Clark chats to a constituent at her Bullsmoor coffee morning
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‘This is only the beginning’

21 September 2025
Wood Green Crown Court
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Why court reporting is a dying art

14 September 2025
Stephen Cox with his new novel, The Crooked Medium’s Guide to Murder
Comment

Supporting local authors has never been more important

2 September 2025
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