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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)
Comment

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)
Comment

Why Enfield Council was wrong to ditch Pride flag

Nick Baldwin at London Pride in 2023 (credit Humanists UK)
Comment

Why development on Enfield’s Green Belt seems inevitable

Crews Hill Station

Category - Comment

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
Grange ward councillor Terry Neville
Comment

Looking back on a long career in local politics

4 May 2022
Comment

We must do more to boost recycling

19 April 2022
Bush Hill Park
Comment

Demanding better for Enfield’s parks

14 April 2022
The local election on 5th May will see council leader Nesil Caliskan, of the Labour Party, challenged by opposition group leader Joanne Laban, of the Conservatives
Comment

The battle for control of Enfield Civic Centre

4 April 2022
Improvements in health and care services for children and young people are a key priority for Healthwatch England [credit NHS England]
Comment

Help us defend our NHS

20 March 2022
Bambos Charalambous, Labour Party (credit parliament.uk)
Comment

Special needs and disabled children need more support

13 March 2022
Paul Everitt joins Lisa Seagroatt for the launch of her book Bandits in the Boardroom
Comment

Exposing abuses of power

22 February 2022
Edmonton Green Market
Comment

We must ensure Edmonton Green’s redevelopment works for the community

19 February 2022
Enfield North MP Feryal Clark (credit parliament.uk)
Comment

Why we need to change the law on gambling

9 February 2022
Kate Osamor, Labour Party (credit parliament.uk)
Comment

We must empower local communities

18 January 2022
credit Kelly Sikkema via Unsplash
Comment

How small acts of kindness can make a difference

26 December 2021
Bambos Charalambous, Labour Party (credit parliament.uk)
Comment

We’re facing a cost of living crisis

14 December 2021
Paul Everitt is now the director of culture and community infrastructure for Love Your Doorstep CIC, having previously spent 13 years as head of arts and culture for Enfield Council
Comment

How I will continue to support the community

23 November 2021
A 'Fridays for Future' protest in Germany calling for global temperatures to be kept below a rise of 1.5C (credit Mika Baumeister via Unsplash)
Comment

Why COP26 matters and what we can do about it

30 October 2021
Enfield North MP Feryal Clark (credit parliament.uk)
Comment

Political debate has become too hostile

29 October 2021
Charith Gunawardena
Comment

Listening to local people

27 October 2021
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