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Why development on Enfield’s Green Belt seems inevitable

Matt Burn from campaign group Better Homes Enfield picks through the political forces that make Green Belt development more likely than not

Crews Hill Station
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The government must hear local people’s views on Enfield ‘new town’

Enfield North MP Feryal meeting with housing minister Matthew Pennycook
Comment

Social media ban: censorship or coddling?

Jessica Ampong, Charlotte O’Donoghue and Megan Ledain (credit Kai Images)
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Why we remain dedicated to print

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Our high streets need help to thrive

Green Lanes in Palmers Green

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How AI is polluting the internet

7 January 2026

Dispatch editor James Cracknell on the disturbing new trend in artificial intelligence (AI) that threatens to undermine real local journalism

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)
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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
Comment

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)
Comment

Why we decided to get arrested

5 October 2025
credit Francois le Nguyen via Unsplash
Comment

Fast fashion, bad fashion

28 September 2025
Comment

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
Comment

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
Andy Milne has been a Tory councillor since 2014
Comment

Holding the Labour administration to account

17 August 2025
Comment

We need our local MPs to back recognition of Palestine

8 August 2025
Former deputy council leader Ian Barnes stood down as a councillor at the 2022 local election but returned last November in a by-election
Comment

Giving something back

8 July 2025
Clare and Zoe together before Zoe’s detention
Comment

Terror laws are being used to crack down on protest

15 June 2025
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