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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

Enfield Dispatch
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Our high streets need help to thrive

Green Lanes in Palmers Green

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Conservative Elisa Morreale was elected to Enfield Civic Centre for the first time in May 2022
Comment

Standing up for Southgate

9 April 2023
Edmonton MP Kate Osamor
Comment

Enfield Council must do more to help homeless families

3 April 2023
Enfield North MP Feryal Clark (credit parliament.uk)
Comment

Enfield has stepped up to support Turkey

27 February 2023
Oakwood councillor Julian Sampson
Comment

Enfield Council needs to start listening to local residents

20 February 2023
Defend Enfield NHS members joined a picket line at Chase Farm Hospital’s ambulance station last month, when Unison members walked out on strike in a dispute over pay
Comment

The government’s approach to the NHS isn’t working

30 January 2023
Bambos Charalambous, Labour Party (credit parliament.uk)
Comment

Government is to blame for NHS backlogs

2 January 2023
Benji Bailes pictured during the Greenpeace protest on the River Thames in April (credit Fionn Guilfoyle/Greenpeace)
Comment

Why I blocked a Russian oil tanker

24 December 2022
Lee Chamberlain was elected to represent Winchmore Hill at May's local election, having previously represented Bush Hill Park
Comment

Working hard for Winchmore Hill

12 December 2022
Tom and Paige Ballmi
Comment

Using toxic language around immigration helps no-one

4 December 2022
Construction at Meridian Water officially began in May 2021, when council leader (front, right) symbolically dug a spade into the ground (credit Enfield Council)
Comment

Construction at Meridian Water started late – now we’re paying the price

21 November 2022
Nia Stevens
Comment

Aiming Highfield

13 November 2022
Rough sleeping
Comment

We need a co-ordinated approach to tackling homelessness

29 October 2022
James Hockney is a Conservative councillor for Bush Hill Park
Comment

The issues that matter in Bush Hill Park

16 October 2022
Thomas Fawns was elected in May as a Labour councillor for Upper Edmonton
Comment

Welcome investment in Upper Edmonton

3 September 2022
Paul Pratt has been a Conservative councillor for Arnos Grove since May 2022 (credit Enfield Council)
Comment

Sticking up for Arnos Grove

7 August 2022
Forty homes were destroyed by fire as the UK's heat record was smashed on 19th July, with London among the places surpassing 40C for the first time (credit Sky News)
Comment

This summer’s heatwave is a wake-up call

3 August 2022
Enfield North MP Feryal Clark (credit parliament.uk)
Comment

We need better alternatives to car travel

12 July 2022
Alma Estate in Ponders End is being demolished and replaced with a larger mixed estate, but with fewer homes available for social rent
Comment

Why there’s no hope for my son’s overcrowded family

8 June 2022
Kate Osamor, Labour Party (credit parliament.uk)
Comment

We need a new plan to fix schools funding

4 June 2022
Yasemin Brett (centre) helping to create a 'bug hotel' in Boundary Fields
Comment

Doing my bit for Bowes

4 May 2022
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