Enfield Dispatch

Volunteer picking items from food parcel list

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Demand at Enfield’s biggest foodbank nearly three times higher than six years ago

4 July 2024

Shadow work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall

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Kendall: Labour has “bold and ambitious” child poverty strategy

19 June 2024

Wallet (credit Towfiqu Barbhuiya via Unsplash)

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Help available for Enfield residents struggling with debt

5 April 2024

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Average yearly council tax bills rising above £2,000 for almost half of London

21 March 2024

Hivran Dalkaya was elected to represent Brimsdown in May 2022

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The impact of the cost-of-living crisis is heartbreaking

2 February 2024

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Nearly nine in ten North London foodbanks expect rising demand to continue in 2024

26 January 2024

Enfield has fourth-highest number of UC claimants in London

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Record number of Universal Credit claimants in Enfield

22 January 2024

Sadiq Khan with staff and pupils at Torridon Primary School in Lewisham (credit Noah Vickers/LDRS)

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Universal free primary school meals to continue across London for second year

9 January 2024

Sadiq Khan on a visit to Mandeville Primary School in Hackney this week (credit Noah Vickers/LDRS)

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Universal free school meals scheme needs government cash to continue, warns mayor

13 December 2023

Sadiq Khan pictured on a visit to Newport Primary School in Waltham Forest borough in September (credit Noah Vickers/LDRS)

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Khan urged to make London’s universal free school meals permanent

5 December 2023

Outside the community kitchen in Ponders End are (from left) Cooking Champions team members Keely Forbes, Heather Bredee and Clare Donovan

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Feeding the community

7 November 2023

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Little sign cost-of-living crisis abating, poll shows

25 October 2023

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Extra £1.20 per hour for London Living Wage workers

24 October 2023

The cost of living conference at London City Hall (credit Noah Vickers/LDRS)

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Londoners showering in leisure centres as cost-of-living crisis continues

20 October 2023

Enfield Civic Centre and (inset) Abdul Abdullahi, cabinet member for children’s services

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Concern over ‘significant’ rise of child safeguarding cases in Enfield

19 October 2023

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Enfield churches unite to tackle local poverty

17 October 2023

Enfield North MP Feryal Clark (credit parliament.uk)

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The government is letting us down on climate change and the economy

6 October 2023

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Mayor calls for ‘Help to Buy’ loan payments freeze

6 September 2023

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Khan ‘aspires’ to make universal free school meals offer permanent

5 September 2023

Sadiq Khan visits his old school, Fircroft Primary in Tooting (credit Noah Vickers/LDRS)

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Quarter-of-a-million children to get free school meals thanks to mayor’s offer

23 August 2023

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Housing crisis ‘pushing public sector workers out of London’

23 August 2023

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One-in-three London homeowners ‘will struggle to meet mortgage payments’

18 August 2023

Martin Lewis at February's event (credit LDRS)

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Cost-of-living event criticised for costing £12k

10 August 2023

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One-in-eight London families going without essentials

7 August 2023

Tag - cost of living

Demand at Enfield’s biggest foodbank nearly three times higher than six years ago

Kendall: Labour has “bold and ambitious” child poverty strategy

Help available for Enfield residents struggling with debt

Average yearly council tax bills rising above £2,000 for almost half of London

The impact of the cost-of-living crisis is heartbreaking

Nearly nine in ten North London foodbanks expect rising demand to continue in 2024

Record number of Universal Credit claimants in Enfield

Universal free primary school meals to continue across London for second year

Universal free school meals scheme needs government cash to continue, warns mayor

Khan urged to make London’s universal free school meals permanent

Feeding the community

Little sign cost-of-living crisis abating, poll shows

Extra £1.20 per hour for London Living Wage workers

Londoners showering in leisure centres as cost-of-living crisis continues

Enfield churches unite to tackle local poverty

The government is letting us down on climate change and the economy

Mayor calls for ‘Help to Buy’ loan payments freeze

Khan ‘aspires’ to make universal free school meals offer permanent

Quarter-of-a-million children to get free school meals thanks to mayor’s offer

Housing crisis ‘pushing public sector workers out of London’

One-in-three London homeowners ‘will struggle to meet mortgage payments’

Cost-of-living event criticised for costing £12k

One-in-eight London families going without essentials

Police hunt Enfield man who ‘may have crossbow’ after triple killing

Person fighting for life after Palmers Green collision

Traffic disruption until end of August on major Enfield road as gas works continue

Police searching area around Hilly Fields Park as crossbow suspect remains on loose

Planning permission for hundreds of new homes expires as developer fails to deliver

Eight North London bus routes resume after operator’s sudden withdrawal

Enfield filmmakers tackle ‘Cyprus problem’ with new documentary